pretty much
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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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Which of the following nouns has an irregular plural form?
Words nearby pretty much
pretreat, pretrial, prettify, pretty, pretty as a picture, pretty much, pretty-pretty, pretypify, pretzel, Pre-U, Preussen
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