Prettier

Definition

pretty /'prÇti/ adj ( -ier, -iest ) လွေသာ။ ခ်စ္စဖြယ္ေကာင္းေသာ။ 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 အေတာ္အတန္။ ေတာ္ေတာ္။ The situation seems pretty hopeless. ❍ She seemed pretty satisfied with the result. ❍ fairly ❏ not just a pretty face [ IDM ] လွ႐ံုသက္သက္မက။ Don't underestimate her– she's not just a pretty face, you know. ❏ prettily /'prÇtÇli/ adv လွလွပပ။ ခ်စ္ခ်င္စဖြယ္။ She decorated the room very prettily. ❍ She smiled prettily as she accepted the flowers. ❏ prettiness n [U] လွပမႈ။ အလွ။ သားနားမႈ။ 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 ] ေငြေတာ္ေတာ္မ်ားမ်ား။ Renovating the house will cost a pretty penny.

Examples

1. My TV’s getting pretty old now.
2. Tom looks pretty tired.
3. The weather’s been pretty awful
4. hasn’t it?
5. [pretty good] : I can see they’ve made a pretty good job of it.