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  • Pretty Polly (play) — Pretty Polly is a one act playlet by Basil Hood, with music composed by François Cellier. The ten minute long piece concerns the difficulties of a shy fellow who tries to use a talking parrot as a matrimonial agent.The piece was first produced at …   Wikipedia

  • pretty — ► ADJECTIVE (prettier, prettiest) 1) attractive in a delicate way without being truly beautiful. 2) informal used ironically to express displeasure: he led me a pretty dance. ► ADVERB informal ▪ to a moderately high degree; fairly. ► NOUN (pl …   English terms dictionary

  • clever — [adj] bright, ingenious able, adept, adroit, alert, apt, astute, brainy, brilliant, cagey, canny, capable, competent, crackerjack*, cunning, deep, dexterous/dextrous, discerning, egghead*, expert, foxy*, gifted, good, handy, intelligent,… …   New thesaurus

  • pretty — I. adjective (prettier; est) Etymology: Middle English praty, prety, from Old English prættig tricky, from prætt trick; akin to Old Norse prettr trick Date: before 12th century 1. a. artful, clever b. pat, apt …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • pretty — adjective (prettier, prettiest) 1》 attractive in a delicate way without being truly beautiful. 2》 informal used ironically to express displeasure: he led me a pretty dance. adverb informal to a moderately high degree; fairly. noun (plural… …   English new terms dictionary

  • clever — clev|er S2 [ˈklevə US ər] adj [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language] 1.) especially BrE able to learn and understand things quickly = ↑intelligent American Equivalent: smart ▪ a clever man very/extremely/quite/pretty etc …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Pretty — This most interesting surname is of early medieval English origin, and is a variant of Pretty , which originated as a nickname for either a fine, handsome fellow, or for someone who was clever, cunning or crafty, derived from the Middle English… …   Surnames reference

  • pretty — 1. adjective /ˈpɹɪ.ti/ a) Cunning; clever, skilful. In the end, however, it was a very pretty shot, right across the chasm; killed first fire, and the brute fell headlong into the brook [...]. b) Pleasant in sight or other senses; attractive,… …   Wiktionary

  • pretty — {{11}}pretty (adj.) O.E. prættig (W.Saxon), pretti (Kentish), *prettig (Mercian) cunning, skillful, artful, from prætt, *prett a trick, wile, craft, from W.Gmc. *pratt (Cf. O.N. prettr a trick, prettugr tricky; Fris. pret, M.Du. perte …   Etymology dictionary

  • pretty — [OE] In Old English pretty (or prættig, as it was then) meant ‘clever’ in a bad sense – ‘crafty, cunning’. Not until the 15th century had it passed via ‘clever’, ‘skilfully made’, and ‘fine’ to ‘beautiful’. It was a derivative of prætt ‘trick,… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • pretty — [OE] In Old English pretty (or prættig, as it was then) meant ‘clever’ in a bad sense – ‘crafty, cunning’. Not until the 15th century had it passed via ‘clever’, ‘skilfully made’, and ‘fine’ to ‘beautiful’. It was a derivative of prætt ‘trick,… …   Word origins

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