| English adjective: pretty | |||
| 1. | pretty pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing | ||
| Samples | Pretty girl. Pretty song. Pretty room. | ||
| Similar | beautiful | ||
| Antonyms | ugly | ||
| 2. | pretty (used ironically) unexpectedly bad | ||
| Samples | A pretty mess. A pretty kettle of fish. | ||
| Similar | bad | ||
| Domain usage | irony | ||
| Antonyms | good | ||
| English adverb: pretty | |||
| 1. | pretty to a moderately sufficient extent or degree | ||
| Samples | Pretty big. Pretty bad. Jolly decent of him. The shoes are priced reasonably. He is fairly clever with computers. | ||
| Synonyms | fairly, jolly, middling, moderately, passably, reasonably, somewhat | ||
| Antonyms | immoderately, unreasonably | ||