Pretty is used to tone down a statement and is in wide use across the whole spectrum of english Pleasant to look at or listen to It is common in informal speech and writing but is neither rare nor wrong in serious discourse.
We can use pretty as an adverb, before an adjective or another adverb, meaning ‘quite, but not extremely’ Attractive to look at usually in a simple or delicate way used especially of a girl or woman … that's a pretty hat you're wearing
She's got such a pretty daughter She looked pretty in a simple cotton dress. Pleasing or attractive to the eye, as by delicacy or gracefulness. See examples of pretty used in a sentence.
Find 447 different ways to say pretty, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at thesaurus.com. In a delicate or graceful way Pleasing or charming but not grand or overwhelming A pretty little cabin in the woods.
If you describe someone as pretty, you mean that they are attractive She's a very charming and very pretty girl. There are 20 meanings listed in oed's entry for the word pretty, four of which are labelled obsolete See ‘meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
