pretty
/ˈprɪti/
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final y vowel sound
pret - ty -> pretty
pretty /'prÇti/ adj (-ier, -iest )
လှသော။ ချစ်စဖွယ်ကောင်းသော။ a pretty girl/face/village ❍ a pretty boy (ie one who looks too much like a girl) ❍ What a pretty dress! ❍ She looks as pretty as a picture (ie very pretty). ❍ The bodies of the victims were not a pretty sight (ie were shocking or unpleasant to look at). ❍ BEAUTIFUL, NICE
adv အတော်အတန်။ တော်တော်။ The situation seems pretty hopeless. ❍ She seemed pretty satisfied with the result. ❍ fairly
❏ not just a pretty face [IDM ] လှရုံသက်သက်မက။ Don't underestimate her– she's not just a pretty face, you know.
❏ prettily /'prÇtÇli/ adv လှလှပပ။ ချစ်ချင်စဖွယ်။ She decorated the room very prettily. ❍ She smiled prettily as she accepted the flowers.
❏ prettiness n [U] လှပမှု။ အလှ။ သားနားမှု။ People commented on the prettiness of the cottage.
❏ pretty much/nearly/well [IDM ] နီးပါး။ နီးနီး။ လုနီးပါး။ The two designs are pretty much the same. ❍ I'm pretty nearly as tall as he is. ❍ My patience is pretty well exhausted.
❏ a pretty penny [IDM ] ငွေတော်တော်များများ။ Renovating the house will cost a pretty penny.
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