Apr 3, 2022 · Pretty much / pretty much, yes qualifies the yes. It implies there are are exceptions or reasons the yes might turn into a no. pretty much. Informal Very nearly Lexico. If you say …

Suspect: Pretty much. There, "pretty much" means "That's the gist of it" or "There is nothing significant to be added" to that account. Anything that would be added would be very trivial, …

Mar 19, 2020 · "Pretty much the same" means the two meanings might not be exactly the same, but the difference is negligible. They can be treated as if they were the same, for most relevant …

May 9, 2017 · "Polar bears are basically extinct" and "Polar bears are pretty much extinct" are also pretty much, basically the same thing, but not many people would say it this way because …

Mar 9, 2013 · b. pretty much: almost, very nearly; more or less; (also, in early use) very much, considerably. Whilst this definition is specific to pretty much, I see it as very synonymous with …

Feb 2, 2021 · So you could say He pretty much gave up as an "adverbial" usage, but in your specific example it's modifying the noun everything, so obviously that's an "adjectival" usage. …

Pretty complicated is approximately the same as fairly complicated: there is a significant degree of complication. It is complicated enough that it will require much effort for an ordinary person to …

For what it's worth, in "Robots and astronauts use much (of) the same equipment in space.", I read "much of the same" as "most of the same", and "much the same" as "quite the same" or …

@Bill Franke: Your US/UK division is absolutely correct - as that chart shows, pretty and quite are pretty much equally common in the Google Books UK corpus, whereas Americans favour …

Jan 10, 2020 · "From my end" and "from my side" are pretty much identical in meaning. If your boss said " I'm done from my end " then it seems reasonable to assume you could use the …