English Dictionary

Define dictionary terms easily in our powerful online English dictionary.

Searching for...

No matching words found

Try a different search term or browse the dictionary

Definition pretty in British English

pretty adverb

adverb
/ˈprɪti/
1

fairly

Example

My TV's getting pretty old now.

Example

Tom looks pretty tired.

Synonyms and related words
2

very

Example

The weather's been pretty awful, hasn't it?

Example

I can see they've made a pretty good job of it.

Synonyms and related words
Definition pretty in British English