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prettiness

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

美观性,美观,美感,美观的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
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    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
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    plural pret·ties.

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

Examples

  • In the seeding games, the rate of calls receiving each of those designations was pretty similar to where it was during the regular season.

  • That’s a pretty huge step for anybody trying to accrue as many SERP features as they can, and, in particular, for news websites.

  • You should be pretty freaking complete by the time you come together, join together with another person.

  • As for the towers I built, the difference looked pretty obvious.

  • This is a pretty standard speed bump for the bread-and-butter iPad.

  • I think the response of the French government so far has been pretty appropriate in that regard.

  • I gotta say—I think this past year was pretty bad for music.

  • “Jeffrey wanted me to tell you that you looked so pretty,” the female voice said into my disbelieving ear.

  • The clichés about football-obsessed husbands and frustrated wives are pretty heavy-handed.

  • Early on, the sexual protagonist complains that her Molson-drinking husband is pretty much an incompetent Neanderthal.

  • Yet if there is a measure of untruth in such pretty flatteries, one needs to be superhuman in order to condemn them harshly.

  • As company after company appeared, we were able to form a pretty exact estimate of their numbers.

  • He glanced aside, and saw an exceedingly pretty, dark face, which looked vaguely familiar.

  • Pretty women without religion are like flowers without perfume.

  • Blanche stood an instant looking into the lighted room and hesitating—flushed a little, smiling, extremely pretty.