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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")) 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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