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- pronunciation:
- prI
ti
- parts of speech:
- adjective, adverb
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer
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adjective |
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prettier, prettiest |
| definition: |
pleasing or attractive to the eyes or ears.
What a pretty dress!That's a pretty song.- synonyms:
- attractive, handsome
- antonyms:
- ugly
- similar words:
- beautiful, fair, lovely, nice, pleasant
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adverb |
| definition: |
used when some quality is of a high degree but not as high as to say "very"; quite; fairly.
She's finding school pretty hard this year.- synonyms:
- fairly
- similar words:
- rather, really, somewhat
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| derivations: |
prettily (adv.), prettiness (n.) |
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