That's a pretty wide cupboard

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Woman: Just hold the end of the tape measure against the edge of the cupboard.
Man: Against the edge of the cupboard.
Woman: Right. Now, read off the measurement.
Man: It’s one meter and fifteen centimeters.
Woman: One meter, fifteen. That’s the width.
Man: The width of what?
Woman: The width of the cupboard. That’s how wide the cupboard is across.

Man: That’s a pretty wide cupboard.

Woman: No, that’s about average. And now, we need to measure the depth of the cupboard to see how deep it is.
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That’s a pretty wide cupboard.

What does “pretty” mean in this sentence?

Does it mean “very” or does it mean “fairly”?

Thank you

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It’s more like very wide.

These are vague terms. Generally, “pretty wide” is wider than “fairly wide”.

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Thank you so much, NearlyNapping :rose:

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