Meaning

2 senses
  1. A pretty person; a term of address to a pretty person.

  2. Something that is pretty.

    We'll stop at the knife store and look at the sharp pretties.

Examples

5884 sentences
  1. Mary is a very pretty girl.

    Мері - надзвичайно красива дівчина. — sadxaka

    ruМэри — очень красивая девушка. — Hellerick

    deMarie ist ein sehr hübsches Mädchen. — MUIRIEL

  2. That pretty girl is my sister.

    Ця гарна дівчина — моя сестра. — deniko

    deDas schöne Mädchen ist meine Schwester. — Wolf

  3. 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

  4. I have a very pretty girlfriend.

    У мене дуже гарна дівчина. — deniko

    ruУ меня очень симпатичная девушка. — odexed

  5. 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

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

plural: pretties

Word family

2 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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