pretty adjective [-er/-est only] (PLEASANT) pleasant to look at, or (esp. of girls or women or things connected with them) attractive or charming in a delicate way:

Pretty is used to tone down a statement and is in wide use across the whole spectrum of English. It is common in informal speech and writing but is neither rare nor wrong in serious discourse.

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Some common synonyms of pretty are beautiful, comely, fair, handsome, and lovely. While all these words mean "exciting sensuous or aesthetic pleasure," pretty often applies to superficial or insubstantial attractiveness.

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We can use pretty as an adverb, before an adjective or another adverb, meaning ‘quite, but not extremely’. It is informal: I’m pretty sure we’ve met before. Were you at Clare Harding’s wedding? You need to get there pretty early to get a good seat. Pretty well as a modifier means ‘almost’:

1. To a fair degree; moderately: a pretty good student. 2. In a pretty manner; prettily or pleasingly.

Use the word pretty to describe something with a delicate and pleasant appearance. Something that’s pretty is less powerful and intimidating than something that’s beautiful, the way a pretty floral raincoat is less intimidating than a beautiful film star.

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When particularly stressed, the adverb pretty serves almost to diminish the adjective or adverb that it modifies, by emphasizing that there are greater levels of intensity.