It is common in informal speech and writing but is neither rare nor wrong in serious discourse A pretty little cabin in the woods. We can use pretty as an adverb, before an adjective or another adverb, meaning ‘quite, but not extremely’
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… that's a pretty hat you're wearing
The sofa was covered in very pretty flowery material
She's got such a pretty daughter She looked pretty in a simple cotton dress. Pleasing or attractive to the eye, as by delicacy or gracefulness. See examples of pretty used in a sentence.
Find 448 different ways to say pretty, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at thesaurus.com. If you describe someone as pretty, you mean that they are attractive She's a very charming and very pretty girl. Use the word pretty to describe something with a delicate and pleasant appearance
Something that’s pretty is less powerful and intimidating than something that’s beautiful, the way a pretty floral raincoat is less intimidating than a beautiful film star.
When particularly stressed, the adverb pretty serves almost to diminish the adjective or adverb that it modifies, by emphasizing that there are greater levels of intensity. In a delicate or graceful way Pleasing or charming but not grand or overwhelming
