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1 a: artful
, clever b: pat
, apt2 a: pleasing by delicacy or grace b: having conventionally accepted elements of beauty c: appearing or sounding pleasant or nice but lacking strength, force, manliness, purpose, or intensity <pretty words that make no sense
— Elizabeth B. Browning>3 a: miserable
, terrible <a pretty mess you've gotten us into> bchiefly Scottish : stout4: moderately large : considerable <a very pretty profit> <cost a pretty penny>5: easy to enjoy : pleasant —usually used in negative constructions <reality is not so pretty
— Caleb Solomon>
synonyms see beautiful
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