pretty
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Related to prettily: nonetheless, sit idly by
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pretty
informal Exceptional or considerable (in size, scope, degree, etc.). We lost a pretty sum of money with that investment. We're in a right pretty mess now, aren't we?
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pretty
mod. very. I’m pretty busy at the moment.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
- (as) pretty as a picture
- (you've) got to get up pretty early in the morning to (do something)
- a pretty kettle of fish
- a pretty pass
- a pretty penny
- a pretty state of affairs
- be (not) a pretty sight
- be just a pretty face
- be just another pretty face
- be not just a pretty face
- be not just another pretty face
- be sitting pretty
- bother (one's) (pretty little) head about (something)
- come to a pretty pass
- cost a pretty penny
- cost an arm and a leg
- cost an arm and a leg/a pretty penny, to
- don't worry your (pretty little) head about it
- gotta get up pretty early in the morning to
- Handsome is as handsome does
- in a fix
- in a pretty pickle
- just another pretty face
- kettle of fish
- kettle of fish, a fine/pretty
- not a pretty sight
- not just a pretty face
- pretty
- pretty as a picture
- pretty face, more than a/not just a
- pretty is as pretty does
- pretty kettle of fish
- pretty much
- pretty much/well
- pretty oneself up
- pretty penny
- pretty penny, a
- pretty pickle
- pretty please
- Pretty please with a cherry on top?
- Pretty please with sugar on top?
- Pretty please?
- pretty state of affairs
- pretty up
- reach a pretty pass
- sit pretty
- sitting pretty
- who's a pretty boy then