Almost, nearly, approximately, as in Our homework was pretty much finished. This adverbial usage differs from the use of pretty for "considerable" (as in pretty penny). [c. 1800]
pretty much
| Idioms: pretty much |
| WordNet: pretty much |
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The adverb has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
to some degree
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 | Morris, Louie (Quotes By) |
| pretty (Idiom) |
| Johnson, Philip (Quotes By) |
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 | Would the pope pretty much signify as the church in the middle ages? |
| How do you make my self pretty without expending too much money? |
| Why have you pretty much had your period all month? |
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