pretty

pretty
1. n прелесть

my pretty! — мой милый!; моя милая!; моя прелесть!

2. n обыкн. красивая вещь; украшение

pretty woman — красивая женщина

3. n красивая одежда; изящное бельё

a house seated in a pretty garden — дом, расположенный в красивом саду

4. n амер. безделушка; игрушка, хорошенькая вещица

to be sure, she is pretty — она, конечно, хорошенькая

5. n верхняя часть бокала или стакана
6. a милый, прелестный; привлекательный

pretty garden — прелестный сад

7. a хорошенький; симпатичный

pretty as a picture — хороша как картинка

Heaven! She looks pretty! — боже! Да она хорошенькая!

8. a приятный, хороший

pretty voice — красивый голос

pretty stroke — хороший удар

pretty song — приятная песенка

pretty good — довольно хороший

pretty great — хороший

9. a ирон. хорошенький, весёленький

a pretty business! — хорошенькое дело!

10. a разг. значительный, изрядный

a pretty sum — кругленькая сумма

11. a шотл. храбрый, сильный

pretty sick — сильно больной

pretty tense — сильно напряженный

12. adv довольно, достаточно; в значительной степени

pretty much — очень, в значительной степени; почти

to feel pretty well — чувствовать себя вполне прилично

that is pretty much the same thing — это почти то же самое

pretty ironic — довольно ироничный

Синонимический ряд:
1. appealing (adj.) alluring; appealing; bewitching; captivating; charming; enchanting; engaging; enticing; entrancing; fascinating; fetching; magnetic; prepossessing; sweet; tempting; winning
2. beautiful (adj.) attractive; beauteous; beautiful; comely; good-looking; gorgeous; handsome; lovely; pulchritudinous; ravishing; stunning; well-favored; winsome
3. bonny (adj.) bonny; cute; fair
4. considerable (adj.) ample; considerable; large; notable; sizeable
5. fairly (adj.) fairly; moderately; rather; somewhat; tolerably
6. pleasant (adj.) cheerful; delightful; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; pleasing; splendid
7. quite (adj.) quite; really; very
8. skillful (adj.) adroit; clever; good; skillful; wicked; workmanlike; workmanly
9. somewhat (other) acceptably; adequately; fairly; kind of; moderately; more or less; passably; rather; ratherish; some; something; somewhat; sort of; to some extent; tolerably
Антонимический ряд:
completely; grotesque; plain; ugly; unpleasant

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  • Pretty — Pret ty, a. [Compar. {Prettier}; superl. {Prettiest}.] [OE. prati, AS. pr[ae]ttig, pr[ae]tig, crafty, sly, akin to pr[ae]t, pr[ae]tt, deceit, trickery, Icel. prettugr tricky, prettr a trick; probably fr. Latin, perhaps through Celtic; cf. W.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pretty — [prit′ē] adj. prettier, prettiest [ME prati < OE prættig, crafty < prætt, craft, trick] 1. pleasing or attractive in a dainty, delicate, or graceful way rather than through striking beauty, elegance, grandeur, or stateliness 2. a) fine;… …   English World dictionary

  • pretty — 1. Pretty is used as an adverb with the meaning ‘fairly, moderately’, as in The performance was pretty good / He did pretty much as he liked. The adverb corresponding to the usual meaning of pretty is prettily: She always dresses so prettily. 2.… …   Modern English usage

  • pretty — ► ADJECTIVE (prettier, prettiest) 1) attractive in a delicate way without being truly beautiful. 2) informal used ironically to express displeasure: he led me a pretty dance. ► ADVERB informal ▪ to a moderately high degree; fairly. ► NOUN (pl …   English terms dictionary

  • Pretty — Pret ty, adv. In some degree; moderately; considerably; rather; almost; less emphatic than very; as, I am pretty sure of the fact; pretty cold weather. [1913 Webster] Pretty plainly professes himself a sincere Christian. Atterbury. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pretty — [adj] attractive appealing, beauteous, beautiful, boss*, charming, cheerful, cher*, comely, cute, dainty, darling, delicate, delightful, dishy*, dreamboat*, elegant, eyeful*, fair, fine, foxy*, good looking, graceful, handsome, looker, lovely,… …   New thesaurus

  • pretty — index attractive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • pretty — bonny, comely, fair, *beautiful, lovely, handsome, good looking, beauteous, pulchritudinous Analogous words: charming, attractive, alluring (see under ATTRACT): dainty, delicate, exquisite (see CHOICE adj) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • pretty — 1 / prIti/ adverb (+ adj/adv) spoken 1 fairly, though not completely: I m pretty sure he ll say yes. | Life on the farm was pretty tough. see rather 2 very: It s pretty hard to see how we ll manage. 3 pretty well also pretty much very nearly;… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • pretty — pret|ty1 W3S2 [ˈprıti] adv [+ adjective/adverb] spoken 1.) fairly or more than a little ▪ I m pretty sure he ll say yes. ▪ She still looks pretty miserable. see usage note ↑rather 2.) very ▪ Dinner at Luigi s sounds pretty good to me …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • pretty — pret|ty1 [ prıti ] adverb MAINLY SPOKEN *** 1. ) fairly: My TV s getting pretty old now. Todd looks pretty tired. 2. ) very: The weather is pretty awful, isn t it? pretty good: I can see they ve done a pretty good job of it. pretty much/well/near …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English


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