Pretty

pret′i, adj. tasteful: pleasing to the eye: having attractive but not striking beauty: neat: beautiful without dignity: small: affected: moderately large, considerable: puny, weak (a term of endearment): (in contempt) fine: ( obs. ) shrewd, cunning: ( obs. ) strong, warlike.— adv. in some degree: moderately.— v.t. Prett′ify , to make pretty in an exce ively ornamental way.— adv. Prett′ily , in a pretty manner: pleasingly: elegantly: neatly.— n. Prett′ine .— adj. Prett′yish , somewhat pretty.— n. Prett′ypretty ( coll. ), a knick-knack.— adj. Prett′y-spō′ken , speaking or spoken prettily.— Pretty much , very nearly. [A.S. prættig , tricky— prætt , trickery; prob. Low L. practic us —Gr. praktikos — prattein , to do.]