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

"Because there's not been an out-and-out left-back, it's an opportunity for someone. Every single other position you can pretty much say 'that's their first choice'," she added.

From BBC

The U.S. operates two hospital ships: one is currently docked at an Alabama shipyard while the other is on its way to Panama, which is pretty much in the opposite direction from Greenland.

From Salon

Supported by her colleagues, Dodsworth reported live from Plantasia Tropical Zoo, somewhere she used to pass "pretty much every day" when she travelled to work.

From BBC

He added that “pretty much across the company we performed well.”

From Barron's

"The problem is that pretty much every line of work is struggling at the moment, so even that is not a realistic plan B."

From BBC

Related Words

• a little
• considerably
• fairly
• kind of
• moderately
• quite
• rather
• reasonably
• somewhat
• very