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pret·ty
 pretty
- pronunciation:
- prI
ti
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun, adverb, transitive verb
- features:
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
prettier, prettiest |
| definition: |
pleasing or attractive to the senses, esp. the eyes or ears.
a pretty girla pretty viewa pretty melody- synonyms:
- attractive, becoming, handsome
- antonyms:
- plain, ugly, unattractive, unpretty
- similar words:
- alluring, appealing, beauteous, beautiful, comely, delightful, engaging, fair, good-looking, gorgeous, lovely, nice, pleasant, pleasing, sightly, stunning
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| related words: |
adorable, dainty |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
pretties |
| definition: |
a person or thing that is attractive to the senses.
- similar words:
- decoration, ornament
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| part of speech: |
adverb |
| definition 1: |
moderately or fairly.
pretty soft- synonyms:
- fairly, moderately, passably
- similar words:
- kind of, rather, really, somewhat
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| definition 2: |
very; quite.
It snowed pretty hard.- synonyms:
- awfully, considerably, extremely, quite, very
- similar words:
- fairly, rather, really, somewhat
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| related words: |
precious |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
prettied, pretties, prettying |
| definition: |
to enhance the appearance of (something) by making it pretty (sometimes fol. by up).
- synonyms:
- beautify, prettify
- similar words:
- adorn, decorate, embellish, enhance, spruce
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| derivations: |
prettily (adv.), prettiness (n.) |
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