Definition of pretty

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Pretty (superl.) Moderately large; considerable; as, he had saved a pretty fortune..

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Birdie :: Birdie (n.) A pretty or dear little bird; -- a pet name.
Pretty :: Pretty (superl.) Stout; strong and brave; intrepid; valiant.
Handsome :: Handsome (superl.) Agreeable to the eye or to correct taste; having a pleasing appearance or expression; attractive; having symmetry and dignity; comely; -- expressing more than pretty, and less than beautiful; as, a handsome man or woman; a handsome garment, house, tree, horse..
Pretty :: Pretty (adv.) In some degree; moderately; considerably; rather; almost; -- less emphatic than very; as, I am pretty sure of the fact; pretty cold weather..
Pretty :: 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..
Pretty-spoken :: Pretty-spoken (a.) Spoken or speaking prettily.
Gent :: Gent (a.) Neat; pretty; fine; elegant.
Bloodroot :: Bloodroot (n.) A plant (Sanguinaria Canadensis), with a red root and red sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; -- called also puccoon, redroot, bloodwort, tetterwort, turmeric, and Indian paint. It has acrid emetic properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant expectorant. See Sanguinaria..
Namby-pamby :: Namby-pamby (n.) Talk or writing which is weakly sentimental or affectedly pretty.
Gimcrack :: Gimcrack (n.) A trivial mechanism; a device; a toy; a pretty thing.
Pretty :: Pretty (superl.) Affectedly nice; foppish; -- used in an ill sense.
Prettily :: Prettily (adv.) In a pretty manner.
Gewgaw :: Gewgaw (n.) A showy trifle; a toy; a splendid plaything; a pretty but worthless bauble.
Prettyish :: Prettyish (a.) Somewhat pretty.
Plumbago :: Plumbago (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants with pretty salver-shaped corollas, usually blue or violet; leadwort..
Prettiness :: Prettiness (n.) The quality or state of being pretty; -- used sometimes in a disparaging sense.
Epacris :: Epacris (n.) A genus of shrubs, natives of Australia, New Zealand, etc., having pretty white, red, or purple blossoms, and much resembling heaths..
Namby-pamby :: Namby-pamby (a.) Affectedly pretty; weakly sentimental; finical; insipid.
Prettyism :: Prettyism (n.) Affectation of a pretty style, manner, etc..
Tretys :: Tretys (a.) Long and well-proportioned; nicely made; pretty.
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