pretty 
1. pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing (Freq. 20) - pretty girl - pretty song - pretty room • Similar to: beautiful • Derivationally related forms: prettiness 2. (used ironically) unexpectedly bad (Freq. 3) - a pretty mess - a pretty kettle of fish • Similar to: bad • Usage Domain: irony
to a moderately sufficient extent or degree (Freq. 35) - pretty big - pretty bad - jolly decent of him - the shoes are priced reasonably - he is fairly clever with computers • Syn: reasonably, moderately, jolly, somewhat, fairly, middling, passably • Ant: immoderately (for: moderately), unreasonably (for: reasonably) • Derived from adjective: moderate (for: moderately), reasonable (for: reasonably)
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