Pretty

·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.