pretty much

Idioms  

1. 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]

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Example Sentences

YouTube pretty much ended that for most subcultures, aside from, like, Juggalos.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

“I think the case is pretty much over,” Carl Tobias, a law professor at the University of Richmond, told Barron’s, despite Musk’s planned appeal.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

You’re doing pretty much everything by the book.

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

“I’m a hard worker who pretty much never takes sick days.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Everything on Mom’s desk had been pretty much untouched.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

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