pretty much

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pretty much

adverb

informal, not comparable Almost completely; very nearly; mostly; more or less; basically. That's my life pretty much, down to such times as I got shipped off, arter Pip stood my friend.
literally, not comparable, rare To a fairly high extent; quite a lot. Bridget + Kathy are bumming me out pretty much lately. Seems one can't talk too much on any other subject but the kids. And I'm not ready for that rap yet.

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adv almost completely; very nearly; mostly

日本語	多分 tabun
中文	几乎 jīhū, 差不多 chàbuduō
Português	quase isso
Français	à peu de choses près
Deutsch	leidlich
Русский	практически praktičeski, почти počti

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@misc{pretty_much_2026,
  title = {pretty much},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pretty%20much},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}