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  Overview  of  adj  pretty 
 
  The  adj  pretty  has  2  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (20)  pretty  --  (pleasing  by  delicacy  or  grace;  not  imposing;  "pretty  girl";  "pretty  song";  "pretty  room") 
  2.  (3)  pretty  --  ((used  ironically)  unexpectedly  bad  "a  pretty  mess";  "a  pretty  kettle  of  fish") 
 
  Overview  of  adv  pretty 
 
  The  adv  pretty  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (35)  pretty,  jolly  --  (intensifier,  as  in  "pretty  big";  "pretty  bad";  (`jolly'  is  used  informally  in  Britain  as  in  "jolly  decent  of  him")) 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  pretty 
 
  2  senses  of  pretty 
 
  Sense  1 
  pretty 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  beautiful)  ->  ugly 
 
  Sense  2 
  pretty 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  bad)  ->  good 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  pretty 
 
  2  senses  of  pretty 
 
  Sense  1 
  pretty 
  =>  beautiful  (vs.  ugly) 
 
  Sense  2 
  pretty 
  =>  bad  (vs.  good) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  pretty 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  pretty 
 
  pretty  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  pretty 
  pretty 
  pretty-pretty 
 
  Overview  of  adj  pretty 
 
  The  adj  pretty  has  2  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (20)  pretty  --  (pleasing  by  delicacy  or  grace;  not  imposing;  "pretty  girl";  "pretty  song";  "pretty  room") 
  2.  (3)  pretty  --  ((used  ironically)  unexpectedly  bad  "a  pretty  mess";  "a  pretty  kettle  of  fish") 
 
  Overview  of  adv  pretty 
 
  The  adv  pretty  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (35)  pretty,  jolly  --  (intensifier,  as  in  "pretty  big";  "pretty  bad";  (`jolly'  is  used  informally  in  Britain  as  in  "jolly  decent  of  him")) 



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