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What does “pretty” mean here?

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Rebecca

In this context, "pretty" is an adverb, and it means "somewhat", "moderately", or "fairly", but not extremely. Ex: It's pretty cold outside today - not too cold but colder than yesterday. Ex: I got 90 points on the exam, I think I did pretty good.

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