pretty

1. (often derogatory) Fine-looking; only superficially attractive; initially appealing but having little substance; see petty.Examples: "Damned by the Socialists as "traitors to the working class," its leaders were decried by Tories as "faceless peddlers of politics with a pretty little trinket for every taste.""derogatoryoften

2. (UK, sometimes derogatory) Effeminate.UKderogatorysometimes

3. (dated) Moderately large; considerable.Examples: "they flung all the goods in the house out at the windows into the street, or into the sea, as they supposed; thus they continued mad a pretty season […]."; ""What did you do to your hair?" The answer could be worth a pretty penny for L'Oreal."dated

4. (dated) Excellent, commendable, pleasing; fitting or proper (of actions, thoughts etc.).Examples: "Some people are surprised, I believe, that that the eldest was not [named after his father], but Isabella would have him named Henry, which I thought very pretty of her."; "‘This new fashion of introducing the candidate's children into an election contest is a pretty one,’ said Mrs. Panstreppon; ‘it takes away something from the acerbity of party warfare, and it makes an interesting experience for the children to look back on in after years.’"; ""Oh, Jake." Brett said, "we could have had such a damned good time together." Ahead was a mounted policeman in khaki directing traffic. He raised his baton. The car slowed suddenly pressing Brett against me. "Yes", I said. "Isn't it pretty to think so?""dated

5. (ironic) Awkward, unpleasant, bad.Examples: ""Nay, not I; it is a pretty thing to expect me to wash them; you may take them back again, and say, as Sally had them before, she may wash them now, for me; I am not going to be 'Jack at a pinch,' I can tell you.""; "[A] pretty thing it would be, if a man of business had to examine every cab-horse before he hired it—[…]"; "‘You ought to be ashamed of yourself, Marjorie Lindon, to even think such nonsense. Are you all nerves and morbid imaginings,—you who have prided yourself on being so strong-minded! A pretty sort you are to do battle for anyone.—Why, they’re only make-believes!’"ironic

6. (programming, of code) Matching commonly accepted principles of formatting and syntax, for the sake of readability.