prettier Definition

pretty
adj prettier, prettiest

1. Usually said of a woman or girl: facially attractive, especially in a feminine way.

Thesaurus: attractive, beautiful, handsome, good-looking, comely, lovely, cute, fair, fine, elegant, dainty, graceful, personable, nice, tasteful, sightly; Antonym: tasteless, ugly.
2. Charming to look at; decorative.
3. Said of music, sound, etc: delicately melodious.
4. Neat, elegant or skilful.

Example: a pretty solution
5. ironic
Grand; fine.
Example: a pretty mess
Thesaurus: considerable, much, large, ample, sizeable, notable.

adverb

1. Fairly; satisfactorily; rather; decidedly.

Thesaurus: somewhat, moderately, rather, a little, tolerably.

Derivative: prettily
adverb

Derivative: prettiness
noun

Idiom: pretty much

colloq
More or less.

Idiom: pretty nearly

Almost.

Idiom: pretty well

colloq
Almost; more or less.

Idiom: sitting pretty

See under sit.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon prættig astute.