pretty much

Related to pretty much: call off

pretty much

Mostly; very nearly. We're pretty much finished—just a few last-minute tweaks to the code. Support for the bill has been pretty much unanimous.
See also: much, pretty
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

pretty much

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]
See also: much, pretty
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

pretty ˈmuch/ˈwell

(British English also pretty ˈnearly) (American English also pretty ˈnear) (spoken) almost; just about: This nightclub is pretty much the best this town can offer. I’m pretty well disgusted by your behaviour. It’s worth pretty near a thousand dollars.
See also: much, pretty, well
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

pretty much

For the most part; mostly: "The ... matter was pretty much dying down" (John Strahinich).
See also: much, pretty
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
See also:
  • pretty much/well
  • pretty
  • in a pretty pickle
  • sit pretty
  • sitting pretty
  • pretty is as pretty does
  • pifted
  • pretty please
  • Pretty please?
  • pretty penny, a
References in periodicals archive
"I told my therapist the lineup, and he quickly went to the doctors and told them I was pretty much back on my feet."
But you skated pretty much every day when it was open?
My friend Huey is pretty much down to nail some road trips, so we'll definitely be out and about, for sure.
That's pretty much my first memory of actually getting a skateboard and rolling around on it.
Inverts on vert ramps and gay twists on vert ramps--all the vert ramp tricks are pretty much lost so I need to get back on the vert ramp.
I had this gap I would drive by pretty much every day at one of the on-ramps for the 280.
I pretty much skate with all the people I was skating with back then.
There was a lot of skating pretty much. I was skating every day.
Any perception of the audience is pretty much gone.
That is pretty much what I do when I'm not on tour.
It could turn into an inside joke real fast, and that is pretty much what it is.
It's pretty much just Austin dudes skating ditches.