pretty

1. pretty (adj) — sense 1

Definition: Pleasant to the sight or other senses; attractive, especially of women or children.

Example: Having brought it to a close, he took his way to the Kursaal. The great German watering-place is one of the prettiest nooks in Europe, and of a summer evening in the gaming days, five-and-twenty years ago, it was one of the most brilliant scenes.

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2. pretty (adj) — sense 2

Definition: Of objects or things: nice-looking, appealing.

Example: Some fans may have mistaken the album’s floatiness for aimlessness, but Mr. Mercer’s songs have never been sneakier, or prettier.

3. pretty (adj) — sense 3

Definition: Fine-looking; only superficially attractive; initially appealing but having little substance; see petty.

Example: Damned by the Socialists as "traitors to the working class," its leaders were decried by Tories as "faceless peddlers of politics with a pretty little trinket for every taste."

4. pretty (adv) — sense 4

Definition: Somewhat, fairly, quite; sometimes also (by meiosis) very.

Example: They are proud, and vveare their hayre pretty long, and about their criſpes vvreath a valuable Shaſh or Tulipant; […]

5. pretty (adv) — sense 5

Definition: Prettily, in a pretty manner.

Example: 'The boy sings pretty, don't he, Master Marner?'

6. pretty (noun) — sense 6

Definition: A pretty person; a term of address to a pretty person.

Example: I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!

7. pretty (noun) — sense 7

Definition: Something that is pretty.

Example: We'll stop at the knife store and look at the sharp pretties.

8. pretty (verb) — sense 8

Definition: To make pretty; to beautify

Example: He sat on the hearth rug and began prettying the dog's coat.