Analysis Complete

pretty

/ pretty /
adjective satellite/adverb

Definitions & Examples

adjective satellite Sense 1
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
"pretty girl"
"pretty song"
"pretty room"
Similar:
beautiful
adjective satellite Sense 2
(used ironically) unexpectedly bad
"a pretty mess"
"a pretty kettle of fish"
Similar:
bad
Domain:
irony
adverb Sense 3
used as an intensifier (`jolly'' is used informally in Britain)
"pretty big"
"pretty bad"
"jolly decent of him"
Domain:
colloquialism United Kingdom UK
Semantic Complexity
47%
Sense Count
3
Total Synonyms
2
Total Relationships
2
Times Searched
3
Relationship Distribution

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