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    Pretty , a. [Compar. Prettier ; superl. Prettiest.] [OE. prati, AS. prættig, prætig, crafty, sly, akin to præt, prætt, deceit, trickery, Icel. prettugr tricky, prettr a trick; probably fr. Latin, perhaps through Celtic; cf. W. praith act, deed, practice, LL. practica execution, practice, plot. See Practice.]
    1. 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.
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      This is the prettiest lowborn lass that ever
      Ran on the greensward.
      Shak.

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    2. Moderately large; considerable; as, he had saved a pretty fortune. “Wavering a pretty while.” 
      Evelyn.

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    3. Affectedly nice; foppish; -- used in an ill sense.
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      The pretty gentleman is the most complaisant in the world.
      Spectator.

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    4. Mean; despicable; contemptible; -- used ironically; as, a pretty trick; a pretty fellow.
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    5. Stout; strong and brave; intrepid; valiant. [Scot.]
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      [He] observed they were pretty men, meaning not handsome.
      Sir W. Scott.

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      Syn. -- Elegant; neat; fine. See Handsome.
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    Pretty , adv. In some degree; moderately; considerably; rather; almost; -- less emphatic than very; as, I am pretty sure of the fact; pretty cold weather.
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    Pretty plainly professes himself a sincere Christian.
    Atterbury.

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