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. — MUIRIEL
Maria ist ein sehr hübsches Mädchen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Мэри — очень красивая девушка. — Hellerick
Мэри очень хорошенькая девушка. — sharptoothed
Мері - надзвичайно красива дівчина. — sadxaka
Мері дуже гарна дівчина. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
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. — sadxaka
ruМэри — очень красивая девушка. — Hellerick
deMarie ist ein sehr hübsches Mädchen. — MUIRIEL
That pretty girl is my sister.
Ця гарна дівчина — моя сестра. — deniko
deDas schöne Mädchen ist meine Schwester. — Wolf
He married a very pretty girl.
Він одружився з дуже вродливою дівчиною. — older
ruОн женился на очень красивой девушке. — marafon
deEr hat ein sehr hübsches Mädchen geheiratet. — TomSFox
I have a very pretty girlfriend.
У мене дуже гарна дівчина. — deniko
ruУ меня очень симпатичная девушка. — odexed
Tom has a pretty good memory.
У Тома доволі непогана пам'ять. — deniko
ruУ Тома довольно хорошая память. — marafon
deTom hat ein ziemlich gutes Gedächtnis. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.