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prettily

/prit-ee/US // ˈprɪt i //UK // (ˈprɪtɪ) //

漂亮地,俏皮地,美丽地,俏丽地

Related Words

beautiful美丽的,美丽cute可爱的,可爱,可爱的人,可爱的人儿charming迷人的,迷人,有魅力的,有魅力pleasant愉快的,愉快,惬意,愉快地elegant幽雅,幽雅的,幽美,幽静good-looking好看,好看的,好样的,长得好看neat整齐的,整洁的,整齐划一,整洁graceful优美的,优雅的,优美,秀气的lovely可爱的,可爱,可爱的人,可爱的人儿handsome帅气的,英俊的,帅哥,帅气fairly相当于,相当地,相当,相当的rather而是,相当于,颇为,相当kind of样的,种,一种,一种的quite颇为,颇具,颇有,蛮reasonably合理地,合理的,合理,按理说a little有点,有点儿,有点像moderately中度,适度,中等,中等程度appealing有吸引力的,吸引人的,具有吸引力的,有吸引力的是boss老板,老板娘cheerful欢快的,愉快的,乐观的,愉悦的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    pret·ti·er, pret·ti·est.

    • : pleasing or attractive to the eye, as by delicacy or gracefulness: a pretty face.
    • : pleasing to the eye, especially without grandeur.
    • : pleasing to the ear: a pretty tune.
    • : pleasing to the mind or aesthetic taste: He writes pretty little stories.
    • : fine; grand: This is a pretty mess!
    • : Informal. considerable; fairly great: This accident will cost him a pretty sum.
    • : Archaic or Scot.. brave; hardy.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural pret·ties.

    • : Usually pretties. pretty ornaments, clothes, etc.
    • : a pretty person: Sit down, my pretty.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : fairly or moderately: Her work was pretty good.
    • : quite; very: The wind blew pretty hard.
    • : Informal. prettily.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    pret·tied, pret·ty·ing.

    • : to make pretty; improve the appearance of: to pretty oneself for a party; to pretty up a room.

Phrases

  • pretty as a picture
  • pretty much
  • pretty penny, a
  • in a fix (pretty pickle)
  • kettle of fish, pretty
  • sitting pretty

Synonyms & Antonyms

adv.pleasingly
Synonyms
beautifully精美的,美丽的,精美,漂亮的cutely可爱地,可爱的,可爱,可爱的是gently轻轻地,温柔地,轻轻的,轻轻地说gorgeously美妙地,绚丽多彩,绚丽夺目,华丽地politely礼貌地,殷勤地,殷勤,礼貌性地

Examples

  • Staying in great mental shape for these next two to three games has been pretty difficult.

  • Turns out none of us is superhuman, although Terri and Robert Abbe, a San Francisco investment banker, fake it pretty well.

  • Any chance of Baltimore’s Grand Central nightclub ever reopening after the pandemic was pretty much wiped out over the weekend, as a work crew cleared out its contents to make way for construction of an office building called City House Charles.

  • We are using our software, or any 3D software, to design and engineer those machines and it worked pretty well.

  • It’s got a pretty strong job market that is drawing people from other states.

  • The room was prettily furnished, and Georgie had often accused herself of extravagance.

  • The trees are sometimes prettily arranged in alleys, but are planted far less for ornament than for use.

  • It is extremely delicate and prettily formed, and is distinguished by narrow dark-brown stripes along the back.

  • She stamped her foot prettily, imperiously, vexed at my refusal to go out of that weird place the way I had entered.

  • The outside was very prettily painted for the occasion—Venus commemorating her birth from the ocean.

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