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    how many meanings does the word "pretty" have and what are they?

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    This is what you call pretty!


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    Don't you agree?


     

    terryfossil 1

    ROY,my he has changed hasn't he..>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<..
    ROMOS

    Never been called pretty in my life.
    Ducky

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    Pretty ROMOS! :)
    mycatsmom

    LOL. I didn't know old Simpson was a Scotsman, or it that Romos ?

    According to dictionaries, the word pretty has many meanings. 4 common meanings:
    1) As an adjective: attractive in a delicate way without being beautiful. "she has a pretty face."
    2) As an adverb: to a moderately high degree; fairly: "they looked pretty sad."
    3) As a noun: an attractive object: "a pretty flower."
    4) As a verb: make pretty or attractive: "she got prettied up in an hour"

    itsmee

    A noun is the name of a person, place, or object. I was confused over the way you used it but here is how it can be a noun.

    He bought her lots of expensive pretties
    Her dresser was full of pink pretties
    Arielle123

    I thout flower was a noun.
    mycatsmom

    four thumbs up, Arielle.

    I dislike and avoid the term "pretty". It is used by some folk as a "stand-off to insult" as in a  dirty-snotty child addressed as "Now aren't you a pretty thing."...then laughing and walking away. A loving person will see the child at a distance and attend to their obvious needs in an approprate-kind manner.  

    mycatsmom

    AAwwww. Were you an abused child, Robert ?

    According to Oxford's online dictionary, it does claim pretty as a noun.  Here is the definition and example that they have.


     


    informal



    1 An attractive thing, especially a trinket: he buys her lots of pretties—bangles and rings




    1.1 Used to refer in a condescending way to an attractive person: six pretties in sequined leotards

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