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prettiest 音标拼音: [pr'ɪtiəst] adv. 极美 极美 Pretty \ Pret" ty\, a. [ Compar. { Prettier}; superl. { Prettiest}.] [ OE. prati, AS. pr[ ae] ttig, pr[ ae] tig, crafty, sly, akin to pr[ ae] t, pr[ ae] tt, deceit, trickery, Icel. prettugr tricky, prettr a trick; probably fr. Latin, perhaps through Celtic; cf. W. praith act, deed, practice, LL. practica execution, practice, plot. See { Practice}.] 1. Pleasing by delicacy or grace; attracting, but not striking or impressing; of a pleasing and attractive form a color; having slight or diminutive beauty; neat or elegant without elevation or grandeur; pleasingly, but not grandly, conceived or expressed; as, a pretty face; a pretty flower; a pretty poem. [ 1913 Webster] This is the prettiest lowborn lass that ever Ran on the greensward. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Moderately large; considerable; as, he had saved a pretty fortune. " Wavering a pretty while." -- Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Affectedly nice; foppish; -- used in an ill sense. [ 1913 Webster] The pretty gentleman is the most complaisant in the world. -- Spectator. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Mean; despicable; contemptible; -- used ironically; as, a pretty trick; a pretty fellow. [ 1913 Webster] 5. Stout; strong and brave; intrepid; valiant. [ Scot.] [ 1913 Webster] [ He] observed they were pretty men, meaning not handsome. -- Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Elegant; neat; fine. See { Handsome}. [ 1913 Webster]
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