How to pronounce pretty
Listen to pretty in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“pretty” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 1000 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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Uh pretty pretty expensive.
NSF · watch from 7:29 · hear it here
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have been pretty good. Pretty high.
CDC · watch from 71:35 · hear it here
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it'll look pretty pretty similar.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 71:39 · hear it here
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We're getting pretty, pretty close.
National Archives · watch from 97:20 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of pretty. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.