pretty
pretty is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Moderately large; considerable; as, he had saved a pretty fortune. "Wavering a pretty while." Evelyn.
- 2.Affectedly nice; foppish; -- used in an ill sense. The pretty gentleman is the most complaisant in the world. Spectator.
- 3.Mean; despicable; contemptible; -- used ironically; as, a pretty trick; a pretty fellow.
- 4.Stout; strong and brave; intrepid; valiant. [Scot.] [He] observed they were pretty men, meaning not handsome. Sir W. Scott. See Handsome.
- 5.In some degree; moderately; considerably; rather; almost; -- less emphatic than very; as, I am pretty sure of the fact; pretty cold weather. Pretty plainly professes himself a sincere Christian. Atterbury.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- about
- above
- air
- ambages
- and
- backhanded
- beat
- bell
- better
- beyond
- bill
- bleed
- bloom
- bobbish
- body
- bought
- brave
- buck
- bush
- can
- case
- cherry
- circuit
- circuition
- circuitous
- circumbendibus
- clean
- cost
- costly
- course
- cure
- daisy
- dance
- dear
- dearly
- dearness
- demand
- detour
- deviate
- deviation
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is pretty.
- What is moderately large; considerable; as, he had saved a pretty fortune. "Wavering a pretty while." Evelyn called?
- What is affectedly nice; foppish; -- used in an ill sense. The pretty gentleman is the most complaisant in the world. Spectator called?
- What is mean; despicable; contemptible; -- used ironically; as, a pretty trick; a pretty fellow called?
- What is stout; strong and brave; intrepid; valiant. [Scot.] [He] observed they were pretty men, meaning not handsome. Sir W. Scott. See Handsome called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
- Canonical URL: https://worddirectanswers.com/word/pretty
- Steward: Jason Burns