It is common in informal speech and writing but is neither rare nor wrong in serious discourse. If you describe someone as pretty, you mean that they are attractive Pleasing or attractive to the eye, as by delicacy or gracefulness.
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We can use pretty as an adverb, before an adjective or another adverb, meaning ‘quite, but not extremely’
… 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.
Find 447 different ways to say pretty, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at thesaurus.com. Pretty (comparative prettier, superlative prettiest) pleasant to the sight or other senses Attractive, especially of women or children [from 15th c.] coordinate term, near synonym quotations coordinate term
