What is mean; despicable; contemptible; -- used ironically; as, a pretty trick; a pretty fellow called?
pretty — Mean; despicable; contemptible; -- used ironically; as, a pretty trick; a pretty fellow. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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