Quite vs. Pretty

Quiteadverb

(heading) To the greatest extent or degree; completely, entirely.

Prettyadjective

Pleasant in sight or other senses; attractive, especially of women or children.

Quiteadverb

With verbs, especially past participles.

Prettyadjective

Of objects or things: nice-looking, appealing.

Quiteadverb

With prepositional phrases and spatial adverbs.

Prettyadjective

Fine-looking; only superficially attractive; initially appealing but having little substance; see petty.

Quiteadverb

With predicative adjectives.

Prettyadjective

Cunning; clever, skilful.

Quiteadverb

With attributive adjectives, following an (especially indefinite) article; chiefly as expressing contrast, difference etc.

Prettyadjective

(dated) Moderately large; considerable.

Quiteadverb

Preceding nouns introduced by the indefinite article. Chiefly in negative constructions.

Prettyadjective

(dated) Excellent, commendable, pleasing; fitting or proper (of actions, thoughts etc.).

Quiteadverb

With adverbs of manner.

Prettyadjective

(ironic) Awkward, unpleasant.

Quiteadverb

(heading) In a fully justified sense; truly, perfectly, actually.

Prettyadverb

Somewhat, fairly, quite; sometimes also (by meiosis) very.

Quiteadverb

Coming before the indefinite article and an attributive adjective. (Now largely merged with moderative senses, below.)

Prettyadverb

(dialect) Prettily, in a pretty manner.

Quiteadverb

With plain adjectives, past participles, and adverbs.

Prettynoun

A pretty person; a term of address to a pretty person.

Quiteadverb

Coming before the definite article and an attributive superlative.

Prettynoun

Something that is pretty.

‘"We'll stop at the knife store a look at the sharp pretties.''’;

Quiteadverb

Before a noun preceded by an indefinite article; now often with ironic implications that the noun in question is particularly noteworthy or remarkable.

Prettyverb

To make pretty; to beautify

Quiteadverb

Before a noun preceded by the definite article.

Prettyadjective

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.

‘This is the prettiest lowborn lass that everRan on the greensward.’;

Quiteadverb

With prepositional or adverbial phrases.

Prettyadjective

Moderately large; considerable; as, he had saved a pretty fortune.

Quiteadverb

To a moderate extent or degree; somewhat, rather.

Prettyadjective

Affectedly nice; foppish; - used in an ill sense.

‘The pretty gentleman is the most complaisant in the world.’;

Quiteinterjection

Indicates agreement; "exactly so".

Prettyadjective

Mean; despicable; contemptible; - used ironically; as, a pretty trick; a pretty fellow.

Quitenoun

(bullfighting) A series of passes made with the cape to distract the bull.

Prettyadjective

Stout; strong and brave; intrepid; valiant.

‘[He] observed they were pretty men, meaning not handsome.’;

Quiteverb

See Quit.

Prettyadverb

In some degree; moderately; considerably; rather; almost; - less emphatic than very; as, I am pretty sure of the fact; pretty cold weather.

‘Pretty plainly professes himself a sincere Christian.’;

Quiteadverb

Completely; wholly; entirely; totally; perfectly; as, the work is not quite done; the object is quite accomplished; to be quite mistaken.

‘Man shall not quite be lost, but saved who will.’; ‘The same actions may be aimed at different ends, and arise from quite contrary principles.’;

Prettyadjective

pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing;

‘pretty girl’; ‘pretty song’; ‘pretty room’;

Quiteadverb

To a great extent or degree; very; very much; considerably.

‘He really looks quite concerned.’; ‘The island stretches along the land and is quite close to it.’;

Prettyadjective

(used ironically) unexpectedly bad;

‘a pretty mess’; ‘a pretty kettle of fish’;

Quiteadverb

to a degree (not used with a negative);

‘quite tasty’; ‘quite soon’; ‘quite ill’; ‘quite rich’;

Prettyadverb

used as an intensifier (`jolly' is used informally in Britain);

‘pretty big’; ‘pretty bad’; ‘jolly decent of him’;

Quiteadverb

to the greatest extent; completely;

‘you're quite right’; ‘she was quite alone’; ‘was quite mistaken’; ‘quite the opposite’; ‘not quite finished’; ‘did not quite make it’;

Prettyadjective

(of a person, especially a woman or child) attractive in a delicate way without being truly beautiful

‘a pretty little girl with an engaging grin’;

Quiteadverb

of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative);

‘her victory was quite something’; ‘she's quite a girl’; ‘quite a film’; ‘quite a walk’; ‘we've had quite an afternoon’;

Prettyadjective

(of a thing) pleasing to the eye or the ear

‘a pretty summer dress’;

Quiteadverb

actually or truly or to an extreme;

‘was quite a sudden change’; ‘it's quite the thing to do’; ‘quite the rage’; ‘Quite so!’;

Prettyadjective

used ironically to express annoyance or displeasure

‘he led me a pretty dance’;

Quiteadverb

to the utmost or most absolute extent or degree; absolutely; completely

‘I quite agree’; ‘quite frankly, I don't blame you’; ‘are you quite certain about this?’; ‘it's quite out of the question’; ‘this is quite a different problem’;

Prettyadverb

to a moderately high degree; fairly

‘he looked pretty fit for his age’; ‘it was a pretty bad injury’;

Quiteadverb

very; really (used as an intensifier)

‘‘You've no intention of coming back?’ ‘I'm quite sorry, but no, I have not.’’;

Prettynoun

an attractive thing, especially a trinket

‘he buys her lots of pretties—bangles and rings’;

Quiteadverb

all the way

‘dresses quite from Port of Spain’;

Prettynoun

used to refer in a condescending way to an attractive person

‘six pretties in sequined leotards’;

Quiteadverb

to a certain or fairly significant extent or degree; fairly

‘he's quite an attractive man’; ‘it's quite warm outside’;

Prettyverb

make pretty or attractive

‘she'll be all prettied up and ready to go in an hour’;

Quiteinterjection

expressing agreement with or understanding of a remark or statement

‘‘I don't want to talk about that now.’ ‘Quite’’;