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/ˈprɪti/ 
| adjective | pretty |
| comparative | prettier |
| superlative | prettiest |
- 1a pretty girl or woman is good-looking in a fairly ordinary way and has a nice face. Beautiful is a stronger word, used to describe someone who is unusually attractive and has perfect good looks
He has a very pretty wife.
Synonyms or related words for this meaning of pretty:
attractive, charming, elegant, lovable, engaging...
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phrases
be sitting pretty
informalcost a pretty penny
old-fashionednot just a pretty face
spokennot a pretty sight
often humorouspretty as a picture
old-fashionedpretty pretty
British informal
derived word
prettiness
noun [uncountable]This is the British English definition of pretty. View American English definition of pretty
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