pretty
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
How often you will meet it
Rank 394 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 50,309 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.024% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adjective
- pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing pretty girlpretty song
- (used ironically) unexpectedly bad a pretty messa pretty kettle of fish
adverb
- to certain extent or degree also: reasonably, moderately, jolly, somewhat, fairly, middling pretty bigpretty bad
pretty in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Breathing satisfied him pretty well for a while.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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Farmer Raikes has got a very pretty young wife.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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Who is the rather pretty, fat woman, dressed like a boy.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 · Various · Chapter 1
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I don't want to blow my own trumpet, but I've got away with one or two pretty fair jobs.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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Sharp to the hour Poppy arrived with her gift; she was a pretty little village girl, who adored the Misses Mainwaring.
The Palace Beautiful: A Story for Girls · L. T. Meade · Chapter 1