pretty
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1.0
- adverb
- /ˈprɪti/
- Informal
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bastante
- Well, now that seems pretty easy, so here we go.
- pretty much
- pretty good
- pretty well
Then you can spend your time pretty efficiently.
- Then you can spend your time pretty efficiently.
- Dang Eric, this is a pretty epic view.
- I think all the threes were pretty OK.
- And the truth is most of it's pretty simple food.
- Well, now that seems pretty easy, so here we go.
- And so we got like some pretty basic Nike stuff.
- It was around, I'm pretty sure around March.
- And you know, I'm pretty, pretty hard nosed.
- As he says then, it seems pretty remote, pretty abstract, right?
- And it shows up pretty early in, in childhood.
- Our brains are pretty quick instruments to play.
Examples
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So the key here is that these are pretty simple ideas.
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- I hear it's pretty rough in the States, sir.
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And the truth is most of it's pretty simple food.
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Yeah, actually it's pretty wild, you should see it, uh...
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Of course, it was pretty dark out on that platform.
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And it shows up pretty early in, in childhood.
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And by that time, it's probably pretty dated, right?
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I can remember them getting pretty thoughtful and committed in times past.
Academic text (2011) -
As he says then, it seems pretty remote, pretty abstract, right?
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You should wash your hands pretty well before eating.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To a fairly high degree
895
1.0
To some degree but not very much
129
2.2
To a fair degree but not very much
47
2.8
To some degree but not very much
Idioms
- Offensive
1
7.6
A person who is attractive but thought to have little intelligence or real skill
Compounds
How Much
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pretty as an adverb meaning 'to some extent' or 'fairly' comes from the same adjective and grew from the idea of being somewhat pleasing. So when you say 'I'm pretty sure' you mean you are 'fairly' sure.