(of a person, especially a woman or child) attractive in a delicate way without being truly beautiful

a pretty little girl with an engaging grin

used ironically to express annoyance or displeasure

he led me a pretty dance

to a moderately high degree; fairly

he looked pretty fit for his age

it was a pretty bad injury

an attractive thing, especially a trinket

he buys her lots of pretties—bangles and rings

make pretty or attractive

she'll be all prettied up and ready to go in an hour