adjective
- Pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing.
- usage: "pretty girl"; "pretty song"; "pretty room"
- Used ironically. ( unexpectedly bad)
- usage: "a pretty mess"; "a pretty kettle of fish"
adverb
- To a moderately sufficient extent or degree.
- usage: "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him"; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers"
- synonyms: reasonably, moderately, jolly, somewhat, fairly, middling, passably
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