pretty
Pleasant to the sight or other sensesPleasant to the sight or other senses; attractive, especially of women or children.
» Mary is a very pretty girl.
Marie ist ein sehr hübsches Mädchen.
Maria ist ein sehr hübsches Mädchen.
Мэри — очень красивая девушка.
Мэри очень хорошенькая девушка.
Мері - надзвичайно красива дівчина.
Мері дуже гарна дівчина.
Meaning
9 sensesPleasant to the sight or other senses; attractive, especially of women or children.
anmutig, attraktiv, charmant
хоро́шенькийxoróšenʹkij, ми́лыйmílyj, милови́дныйmilovídnyj
га́рнийhárnyj, гарненькийharnenʹkyj, миленькийmylenʹkyj
Of objects or things: nice-looking, appealing.
(derogatory, often)Fine-looking; only superficially attractive; initially appealing but having little substance; see petty.
(UK, derogatory, sometimes)Effeminate.
Cunning; clever, skilful.
(dated)Moderately large; considerable.
(dated)Excellent, commendable, pleasing; fitting or proper (of actions, thoughts etc.).
(ironic)Awkward, unpleasant, bad.
(used ironically) unexpectedly bad
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Examples
5884 sentencesMary is a very pretty girl.
Мері - надзвичайно красива дівчина.
ruМэри — очень красивая девушка.
deMarie ist ein sehr hübsches Mädchen.
That pretty girl is my sister.
Ця гарна дівчина — моя сестра.
deDas schöne Mädchen ist meine Schwester.
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.
I have a very pretty girlfriend.
У мене дуже гарна дівчина.
ruУ меня очень симпатичная девушка.
Tom has a pretty good memory.
У Тома доволі непогана пам'ять.
ruУ Тома довольно хорошая память.
deTom hat ein ziemlich gutes Gedächtnis.
Translations
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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, prettiestSynonyms
1 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
26 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
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