Preternaturally, ad. Exceedingly, unusually.
Pretext, n. Show, appearance, affectation, semblance, guise, cloak, simulation, mask, color, pretence.
Pretty, a.
- 1. Pleasing without being striking, moderately beautiful, bonny, beautiful (without dignity or grandeur),
comely, fair.
- 2. Pleasing, neat, elegant without grandeur.
- 3. Nice, fine, excellent (used ironically, meaning the opposite).
- 4. Affectedly nice, foppish, affected, petty.
Pretty, ad. Moderately, tolerably, considerably, in some degree.
Prevail, v. n.
- 1. Overcome.
- 2. Predominate, preponderate, succeed, have the superiority, gain the advantage, be in the ascendant,
get the upper hand, carry the day, win the day, gain the day, win the palm.
- 3. Obtain, have effect, power, or influence, have sway, have currency, be in vogue, be rife.
Prevailing, a.
- 1. Effectual, dominant, predominant, efficacious, preponderating, persuading, controlling, ruling, overruling,
influential, operative, successful.
- 2. Prevalent, most common, most general.
Prevail on. Prevail upon. Persuade (by argument), influence, induce.
Prevail with. Persuade (by an appeal to the feelings), influence, induce.
Prevalence Prevalency, n.
- 1. Superiority, success, predominance, preponderance.
- 2. Influence, efficacy, power, force, strength, operation.
- 3. Universality, wide extension, general reception, general existence.