pretty 音标拼音: [pr'ɪti]
a . 漂亮的,可爱的,优美的,机灵的,狡猾的,恰当的
ad . 相当,颇
漂亮的,可爱的,优美的,机灵的,狡猾的,恰当的相当,颇
pretty adv 1 :
to a moderately sufficient extent or degree ; "
pretty big "; "
pretty bad "; "
jolly decent of him "; "
the shoes are priced reasonably "; "
he is fairly clever with computers "
[
synonym : {
reasonably }, {
moderately }, {
pretty }, {
jolly },
{
somewhat }, {
fairly }, {
middling }, {
passably }] [
ant :
{
immoderately }, {
unreasonably }]
adj 1 :
pleasing by delicacy or grace ;
not imposing ; "
pretty girl "; "
pretty song "; "
pretty room "
2 : (
used ironically )
unexpectedly bad ; "
a pretty mess "; "
a pretty kettle of fish "
Pretty \
Pret "
ty \,
adv .
In some degree ;
moderately ;
considerably ;
rather ;
almost ; --
less emphatic than very ;
as ,
I am pretty sure of the fact ;
pretty cold weather .
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1913 Webster ]
Pretty plainly professes himself a sincere Christian .
--
Atterbury .
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Pretty \
Pret "
ty \,
a . [
Compar . {
Prettier };
superl . {
Prettiest }.]
[
OE .
prati ,
AS .
pr [
ae ]
ttig ,
pr [
ae ]
tig ,
crafty ,
sly ,
akin to pr [
ae ]
t ,
pr [
ae ]
tt ,
deceit ,
trickery ,
Icel .
prettugr tricky ,
prettr a trick ;
probably fr .
Latin ,
perhaps through Celtic ;
cf .
W .
praith act ,
deed ,
practice ,
LL .
practica execution ,
practice ,
plot .
See {
Practice }.]
1 .
Pleasing by delicacy or grace ;
attracting ,
but not striking or impressing ;
of a pleasing and attractive form a color ;
having slight or diminutive beauty ;
neat or elegant without elevation or grandeur ;
pleasingly ,
but not grandly ,
conceived or expressed ;
as ,
a pretty face ;
a pretty flower ;
a pretty poem .
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1913 Webster ]
This is the prettiest lowborn lass that ever Ran on the greensward . --
Shak .
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2 .
Moderately large ;
considerable ;
as ,
he had saved a pretty fortune . "
Wavering a pretty while ." --
Evelyn .
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3 .
Affectedly nice ;
foppish ; --
used in an ill sense .
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The pretty gentleman is the most complaisant in the world . --
Spectator .
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4 .
Mean ;
despicable ;
contemptible ; --
used ironically ;
as ,
a pretty trick ;
a pretty fellow .
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5 .
Stout ;
strong and brave ;
intrepid ;
valiant . [
Scot .]
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[
He ]
observed they were pretty men ,
meaning not handsome . --
Sir W .
Scott .
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Syn :
Elegant ;
neat ;
fine .
See {
Handsome }.
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1913 Webster ]
99 Moby Thesaurus words for "
pretty ":
a bit ,
a little ,
acceptably ,
adequately ,
adroit ,
aesthetic ,
aesthetically appealing ,
almighty ,
appealing ,
attractive ,
awfully ,
beauteous ,
beautiful ,
bonny ,
catchy ,
charming ,
clever ,
comely ,
cunning ,
cute ,
darling ,
decently ,
die ,
ducky ,
dulcet ,
elegant ,
endowed with beauty ,
euphonious ,
exceedingly ,
exquisite ,
extremely ,
eye -
filling ,
fair ,
fairishly ,
fairly ,
fairly well ,
fetching ,
fine ,
flowerlike ,
good ,
good -
looking ,
graceful ,
gracile ,
handsome ,
harmonious ,
heavy ,
in a measure ,
in a way ,
in some measure ,
incredibly ,
just ,
kind of ,
lovely ,
lyrical ,
mellifluous ,
melodic ,
melodious ,
mightily ,
mighty ,
moderately ,
more or less ,
musical ,
only too ,
passably ,
plaything ,
powerful ,
powerfully ,
presentably ,
pretty much ,
pretty well ,
pulchritudinous ,
quite ,
rather ,
real ,
really ,
reasonably ,
respectably ,
right ,
satisfactorily ,
scarcely ,
slightly ,
so ,
some ,
something ,
somewhat ,
sort of ,
terribly ,
terrifically ,
to a degree ,
to some extent ,
tolerably ,
toy ,
tuneful ,
unexceptionably ,
very ,
well enough ,
wicked ,
winsome ,
workmanlike
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