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

"That means when they are ready to be discharged it can be done pretty much straight away for many," says Hichens.

From BBC

“Everybody is pretty much stronger than me, so it was using my IQ,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

But it may be that California’s ability to tax billionaires’ income has been pretty much tapped out.

From Los Angeles Times

"Well done Australia. Dominated every game pretty much. A fitting result. They kept the foot on the throat."

From Barron's

"I woke up the next day and it was kind of viral, and pretty much every record label under the sun was in my inbox," he recalls.

From BBC

Related Words

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