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adverb mainly spoken American English pronunciation: pretty /ˈprɪti/ 
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comparativeprettier
superlativeprettiest
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  1. 1
    fairly

    My TV's getting pretty old now.

    Todd looks pretty tired.

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  2. 2
    very

    The weather is pretty awful, isn't it?

    pretty good:

    I can see they've done a pretty good job of it.

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