pretty
Oznaczający (English)
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- Pleasant to the sight or other senses; attractive, especially of women or children.
- Of objects or things: nice-looking, appealing.
- Fine-looking; only superficially attractive; initially appealing but having little substance; see petty.
- Effeminate.
- Cunning; clever, skilful.
- Moderately large; considerable.
- Excellent, commendable, pleasing; fitting or proper (of actions, thoughts etc.).
- Awkward, unpleasant, bad.
Synonyms
be good-looking
be beautiful
become pretty
bright-looking
make pretty
become beautiful
nicely
well favored
well groomed
be good
look good
seperately
black wedge tetra
garnet tetra
pretty and charming
sweet looking
tender and beautiful
a fair amount
gey and
hankydory
be good looking
pulchrous
small little
debonair
good to look at
hard to understand
nice looking
Częstotliwość
Wymawiane jako (IPA)
/ˈpɹɪti/
Etymologia (English)
In summary
From Middle English prety, preti, praty, prati, from Old English prættiġ (“tricky, crafty, sly, cunning, wily, astute”), from Proto-West Germanic *prattug, from Proto-Germanic *prattugaz (“boastful, sly, slick, deceitful, tricky, cunning”), corresponding to prat (“trick”) + -y. Doublet of pratty. Cognate with Dutch prettig (“nice, pleasant”), Low German prettig (“funny”), Icelandic prettugur (“deceitful, tricky”). For the semantic development, compare canny, clever, cute.
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