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单词 pretty
释义
pretty
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1adjadv 2adj

Use the word pretty to describe something with a delicate and pleasant appearance. Something that’s pretty is less powerful and intimidating than something that’s beautiful, the way a pretty floral raincoat is less intimidating than a beautiful film star.
The adjective pretty describes things that look nice, but it can also be used jokingly to say that something’s bad. If you say, “That’s a pretty mess you got me into!” that means it’s a bad mess. Pretty has an adverb form that means something is present to a moderate degree, another way to say fairly. You might be pretty sure you’ll be done studying by 9:00. That means you’re fairly certain but not positive.
WORD FAMILY
pretty: prettied, prettier, prettiest, prettily, prettiness, prettyly+/prettiness: prettinesses
USAGE EXAMPLES
“I thought it was just a bruise - a pretty good bruise,” White said.
Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017)
“Meetings with no answers. That pretty much says it all.”
Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017)
“It’s a pretty consistent group, so there’s a community here, which is a bit different than some of the big gyms,” said Heather, 30.
Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017)
1
1adj pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
pretty girl
pretty song
pretty room
Syn
beautiful
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
2adv to a moderately sufficient extent or degree
pretty big
pretty bad
Syn|Ant
fairly, jolly, middling, moderately, passably, reasonably, somewhat
immoderately, unreasonably
to a degree that exceeds the bounds or reason or moderation
2
adj (used ironically) unexpectedly bad
a pretty mess
a pretty kettle of fish
Syn
bad
having undesirable or negative qualities
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