pretty much

Idioms and Phrases

Almost, nearly, approximately, as in Our homework was pretty much finished . This adverbial usage differs from the use of pretty for “considerable” (as in pretty penny ). [c. 1800]

Example Sentences

The Patriots had virtually no passing game, so it was pretty much game over once they went down by two touchdowns.

From Los Angeles Times

And he does lack all those things, as well as pretty much any conventional bourgeois virtue you can name.

From Salon

“Just be able to guard, shoot, score whenever I look at my teammates,” Mack said of the things he’s working on, “just all around, pretty much.”

From Los Angeles Times

There will be no winter break in this campaign either - meaning clubs will be playing pretty much solidly until the first World Cup qualifiers - and next Nations League games - take place in March.

From BBC

Vetro works pretty much round the clock, often consulting in several time zones.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• a little
• considerably
• fairly
• kind of
• moderately
• quite
• rather
• reasonably
• somewhat
• very