Pretty
Pretty adjective - Meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation.
Usage example: their misalliance is as pretty an example of an ill-conceived marriage as you're likely to find
Respectable and pretty are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Respectable" instead an adjective "Pretty".
Respectable
Respectable adjective - Having a good reputation especially in a field of knowledge.
Pretty and respectable are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pretty" instead an adjective "Respectable".
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- The film adaptation of Double Dragon was pretty crappy, but the video game based on it, released for Neo Geo, is actually a fairly respectable Street Fighter clone.
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Despite the heavy reliance on FMVs, it's held to be a pretty fun arcade-style racing game with a respectable cult following.
Source: Full Motion Video - Shining Force plays this pretty straight with the staff-wielding healers, but the monk characters avoid this by having respectable attack power as well as healing magic.
Source: No Experience Points for Medic
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Respectable and Pretty. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pretty/respectable
Pretty & Respectable. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/pretty/respectable>.
Respectable or Pretty. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/pretty/respectable.
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