Definition of pretty

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Pretty (superl.) Affectedly nice; foppish; -- used in an ill sense.

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Pretty :: Pretty (superl.) Mean; despicable; contemptible; -- used ironically; as, a pretty trick; a pretty fellow..
Liverwort :: Liverwort (n.) A ranunculaceous plant (Anemone Hepatica) with pretty white or bluish flowers and a three-lobed leaf; -- called also squirrel cups.
Cunning :: Cunning (a.) Pretty or pleasing; as, a cunning little boy..
Handsome :: Handsome (superl.) Agreeable to the eye or to correct taste; having a pleasing appearance or expression; attractive; having symmetry and dignity; comely; -- expressing more than pretty, and less than beautiful; as, a handsome man or woman; a handsome garment, house, tree, horse..
Bloodroot :: Bloodroot (n.) A plant (Sanguinaria Canadensis), with a red root and red sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; -- called also puccoon, redroot, bloodwort, tetterwort, turmeric, and Indian paint. It has acrid emetic properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant expectorant. See Sanguinaria..
Epacris :: Epacris (n.) A genus of shrubs, natives of Australia, New Zealand, etc., having pretty white, red, or purple blossoms, and much resembling heaths..
Bonny :: Bonny (a.) Handsome; beautiful; pretty; attractively lively and graceful.
Pipsissewa :: Pipsissewa (n.) A low evergreen plant (Chimaphila umbellata), with narrow, wedge-lanceolate leaves, and an umbel of pretty nodding fragrant blossoms. It has been used in nephritic diseases. Called also prince's pine..
Pretty :: Pretty (superl.) Moderately large; considerable; as, he had saved a pretty fortune..
Namby-pamby :: Namby-pamby (a.) Affectedly pretty; weakly sentimental; finical; insipid.
Lovely :: Lovely (superl.) Very pleasing; -- applied loosely to almost anything which is not grand or merely pretty; as, a lovely view; a lovely valley; a lovely melody..
Crocus :: Crocus (n.) A genus of iridaceous plants, with pretty blossoms rising separately from the bulb or corm. C. vernus is one of the earliest of spring-blooming flowers; C. sativus produces the saffron, and blossoms in the autumn..
Pretty :: Pretty (adv.) In some degree; moderately; considerably; rather; almost; -- less emphatic than very; as, I am pretty sure of the fact; pretty cold weather..
Gewgaw :: Gewgaw (n.) A showy trifle; a toy; a splendid plaything; a pretty but worthless bauble.
Incony :: Incony (a.) Unlearned; artless; pretty; delicate.
Namby-pamby :: Namby-pamby (n.) Talk or writing which is weakly sentimental or affectedly pretty.
Plumbago :: Plumbago (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants with pretty salver-shaped corollas, usually blue or violet; leadwort..
Jeffersonia :: "Jeffersonia (n.) An American herb with a pretty, white, solitary blossom, and deeply two-cleft leaves (Jeffersonia diphylla); twinleaf..
Pretty :: Pretty (superl.) Stout; strong and brave; intrepid; valiant.
Gimcrack :: Gimcrack (n.) A trivial mechanism; a device; a toy; a pretty thing.
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