how to pronounce pretty

/ˈpɹɪtiː/

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pretty is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of pretty in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… hypothesis my plan was pretty simple at …”

meaning of pretty

Pretty means attractive, pleasing, or pleasing to the eye.

pretty frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word pretty occurs in english on average 418.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics pretty can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that pretty can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;