Meaning

9 senses
  1. Pleasant to the sight or other senses; attractive, especially of women or children.

    anmutig, attraktiv, charmant

    хоро́шенькийxoróšenʹkij, ми́лыйmílyj, милови́дныйmilovídnyj

    га́рнийhárnyj, гарненькийharnenʹkyj, миленькийmylenʹkyj

  2. Of objects or things: nice-looking, appealing.

  3. (derogatory, often)Fine-looking; only superficially attractive; initially appealing but having little substance; see petty.

  4. (UK, derogatory, sometimes)Effeminate.

  5. Cunning; clever, skilful.

  6. (dated)Moderately large; considerable.

  7. (dated)Excellent, commendable, pleasing; fitting or proper (of actions, thoughts etc.).

  8. (ironic)Awkward, unpleasant, bad.

    (used ironically) unexpectedly bad

  9. Matching commonly accepted principles of formatting and syntax, for the sake of readability.

Examples

5884 sentences
  1. Mary is a very pretty girl.

    Мері - надзвичайно красива дівчина.

    ruМэри — очень красивая девушка.

    deMarie ist ein sehr hübsches Mädchen.

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  2. That pretty girl is my sister.

    Ця гарна дівчина — моя сестра.

    deDas schöne Mädchen ist meine Schwester.

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  3. He married a very pretty girl.

    Він одружився з дуже вродливою дівчиною.

    ruОн женился на очень красивой девушке.

    deEr hat ein sehr hübsches Mädchen geheiratet.

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  4. I have a very pretty girlfriend.

    У мене дуже гарна дівчина.

    ruУ меня очень симпатичная девушка.

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  5. Tom has a pretty good memory.

    У Тома доволі непогана пам'ять.

    ruУ Тома довольно хорошая память.

    deTom hat ein ziemlich gutes Gedächtnis.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
especially of women and children: pleasant, attractive:
Русский
By meaning 1
especially of women and children: pleasant, attractive:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
especially of women and children: pleasant, attractive:

Origin

From Middle English prety, preti, praty, prati, from Old English prættiġ (“tricky, crafty,

From Middle English prety, preti, praty, prati, from Old English prættiġ (“tricky, crafty, sly, cunning, wily, astute”), from Proto-West Germanic *prattug, from Proto-Germanic *prattugaz (“boastful, sly, slick, deceitful, tricky, cunning”), corresponding to prat (“trick”) + -y. Doublet of pratty.

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Forms

prettier, prettiest
Comparativeprettier Lesson
Superlativeprettiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

26 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • pretty sure
  • pretty good
  • a pretty good
  • pretty sure that
  • pretty good at
  • is a pretty
  • is pretty good
  • pretty well
  • pretty good job
  • have a pretty
  • looks pretty
  • pretty good idea

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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