pretty

n. ஒயில், சிங்காரப்பண்பு, தேறற் குவளையில் சித்திரச்செய்கை, (பே-வ) குழிப்பந்தாட்டத்தில் நேரோட்டம், (பெ.) ஒயிலான, சிங்காரமான, சித்திர அழகு வாய்ந்த, கவர்ச்சி வாய்ந்த, கண்ணுக்கினிய, செவிக்கின்பமாக, நேர்த்திமிக்க, நுண்ணயம் வாய்ந்த, மிகநல்ல, பாராட்டத்தக்க, போற்றத்தக்க அளவான, மெச்சத்தக்க, (வினையடை.) நன்முறையில், போற்றத்தக்க அளவில், மட்டான அளவில், ஏறத்தாழ.

Synonyms

Pret"ty, a. [Compar. Prettier; superl. Prettiest.] Etym: [OE. prati, AS. prættig, prætig, crafty, sly, akin to præt, prætt, deceit, trickery, Icel. prettugr tricky, prettr a trick; probably fr. Latin, perhaps through Celtic; cf. W. praith act, deed, practice, LL. practica execution, practice, plot. See Practice.] 1. Pleasing by delicacy or grace; attracting, but not striking or impressing; of a pleasing and attractive form a color; having slight or diminutive beauty; neat or elegant without elevation or grandeur; pleasingly, but not grandly, conceived or expressed; as, a pretty face; a pretty flower; a pretty poem. This is the prettiest lowborn lass that ever Ran on the greensward. Shak. 2. Moderately large; considerable; as, he had saved a pretty fortune. "Wavering a pretty while." Evelyn. 3. Affectedly nice; foppish; -- used in an ill sense. The pretty gentleman is the most complaisant in the world. Spectator. 4. Mean; despicable; contemptible; -- used ironically; as, a pretty trick; a pretty fellow. 5. Stout; strong and brave; intrepid; valiant. [Scot.] [He] observed they were pretty men, meaning not handsome. Sir W. Scott. Syn. -- Elegant; neat; fine. See Handsome. Pret"ty, adv. Defn: In some degree; moderately; considerably; rather; almost; -- less emphatic than very; as, I am pretty sure of the fact; pretty cold weather. Pretty plainly professes himself a sincere Christian. Atterbury.