Timeline for How to use “pretty” ironically
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| Apr 10, 2014 at 13:57 | comment | added | nxx | @LucianSava "pretty" is not rude in itself - it's the "shitty" here that is rude! One can say, for example, "That was a pretty good movie". It's a soft intensifier - it wasn't a great movie, but it was better than good! | |
| Apr 10, 2014 at 11:37 | vote | accept | Lucian Sava | ||
| Apr 10, 2014 at 8:01 | comment | added | Helix Quar | I think OP was confused because some dictionaries list "pretty" being used ironically: See sense 2. I think you should make a distinction between ironic pretty and adverbial pretty as an addendum. | |
| Apr 10, 2014 at 7:59 | comment | added | Lucian Sava | Thank you so much, so, it’s rudeness not irony! Duly noted! | |
| Apr 10, 2014 at 7:55 | history | answered | user230 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |