purty
9.6
Fairly but not completely
- adverb
- /ˈpɜrti/
- Informal
:
bastante
- It rides purty smooth.
Examples
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Boy, I'm purty good at this lawyerin' stuff.
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"Your granddaddy Cecil was purty terrible, too.
Fiction book (1993) -
Now, I'm not one to brag but people come purty far to see me get low on the "Mow-Mow".
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The view from the top of the mountain was purty spectacular.
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The food at the festival was purty tasty, especially the barbecue.
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Although the rain was annoying, the day was purty nice overall.
Antonyms
How Much
Surface Forms
purty positive
Etymology
Purty as an adverb comes from the same idea as the adverb pretty, which can mean 'fairly' or 'quite'. That's why saying someone is purty tired means they are 'fairly' or 'quite' tired.