Canny and Pretty

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Canny adjective - Having or showing a practical cleverness or judgment.

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Pretty and canny are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pretty" instead an adjective "Canny".

Pretty adjective - Giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses.

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Canny and pretty are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Canny" instead an adjective "Pretty".

Nearby Words: prettily, prettied, prettying

As an adjective, it means "rather good"; saying someone is canny means you think they're friendly and/or nice in a non-specific way, whilst saying something is canny means it's pretty good (again in a general sense).

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As an adverb, it means "rather"; finding something to be "canny bad" is like saying it's "rather/pretty bad".

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On one hand, he has a pretty canny entrepreneurial mind; on the other, he has a crush on getting high, the wealth to realize any idea he comes up with while stoned, and ideas like a party themed around tequila and machetes (which goes about as you'd expect).

Source: Webcomic / Achewood

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Pretty or Canny. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/canny/pretty.

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