·superl Stout; strong and brave; intrepid; valiant.
II. Pretty ·superl Affectedly nice; foppish;
— used in an ill sense.
III. Pretty ·superl Moderately large; considerable; as, he had saved a pretty fortune.
IV. Pretty ·superl Mean; despicable; contemptible;
— used ironically; as, a pretty trick; a pretty fellow.
V. Pretty ·adv In some degree; moderately; considerably; rather; almost;
— less emphatic than very; as, I am pretty sure of the fact; pretty cold weather.
VI. Pretty ·superl Pleasing by delicacy or grace; attracting, but not striking or impressing; of a pleasing and attractive form a color; having slight or diminutive beauty; neat or elegant without elevation or grandeur; pleasingly, but not grandly, conceived or expressed; as, a pretty face; a pretty flower; a pretty poem.