Pretty vs. Pritty — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Pretty and Pritty
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Which is correct: Pretty or Pritty
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Pretty
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Pretty
(of a person, especially a woman or child) attractive in a delicate way without being truly beautiful
A pretty little girl with an engaging grin
Pretty
Used ironically to express annoyance or displeasure
He led me a pretty dance
Pretty
To a moderately high degree; fairly
He looked pretty fit for his age
It was a pretty bad injury
Pretty
An attractive thing, especially a trinket
He buys her lots of pretties—bangles and rings
Pretty
Make pretty or attractive
She'll be all prettied up and ready to go in an hour
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Pretty
Pleasing or attractive in a graceful or delicate way.
Pretty
Clever; adroit
A pretty maneuver.
Pretty
Very bad; terrible
In a pretty predicament.
A situation that has reached a pretty pass.
Pretty
Ostensibly or superficially attractive but lacking substance or conviction
Full of pretty phrases.
Pretty
(Informal) Considerable in size or extent
A pretty fortune.
Pretty
To a fair degree; moderately
A pretty good student.
Pretty
In a pretty manner; prettily or pleasingly.
Pretty
One that is pretty.
Pretty
Pretties Delicate clothing, especially lingerie.
Pretty
To make pretty
Pretty up the house.
Pretty
Pleasant to the sight or other senses; attractive, especially of women or children.
Pretty
Of objects or things: nice-looking, appealing.
Pretty
Fine-looking; only superficially attractive; initially appealing but having little substance; see petty.
Pretty
Cunning; clever, skilful.
Pretty
(dated) Moderately large; considerable.
Pretty
(dated) Excellent, commendable, pleasing; fitting or proper (of actions, thoughts etc.).
Pretty
(ironic) Awkward, unpleasant.
Pretty
Somewhat, fairly, quite; sometimes also (by meiosis) very.
Pretty
(dialect) Prettily, in a pretty manner.
Pretty
A pretty person; a term of address to a pretty person.
Pretty
Something that is pretty.
We'll stop at the knife store and look at the sharp pretties.
Pretty
To make pretty; to beautify
Pretty
Pleasing by delicacy or grace; attracting, but not striking or impressing; of a pleasing and attractive form a color; having slight or diminutive beauty; neat or elegant without elevation or grandeur; pleasingly, but not grandly, conceived or expressed; as, a pretty face; a pretty flower; a pretty poem.
This is the prettiest lowborn lass that everRan on the greensward.
Pretty
Moderately large; considerable; as, he had saved a pretty fortune.
Pretty
Affectedly nice; foppish; - used in an ill sense.
The pretty gentleman is the most complaisant in the world.
Pretty
Mean; despicable; contemptible; - used ironically; as, a pretty trick; a pretty fellow.
Pretty
Stout; strong and brave; intrepid; valiant.
[He] observed they were pretty men, meaning not handsome.
Pretty
In some degree; moderately; considerably; rather; almost; - less emphatic than very; as, I am pretty sure of the fact; pretty cold weather.
Pretty plainly professes himself a sincere Christian.
Pretty
Pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing;
Pretty girl
Pretty song
Pretty room
Pretty
(used ironically) unexpectedly bad;
A pretty mess
A pretty kettle of fish
Pretty
Used as an intensifier (`jolly' is used informally in Britain);
Pretty big
Pretty bad
Jolly decent of him
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