Pretty is an adjective, used to describe flowers, dresses and women (and why not men too?).
But, as you have probably heard, the word has another life. It is widely used as an alternative to quite:
She plays guitar pretty well.
He speaks pretty good French.
It's pretty crowded in here!
By the end of the day everyone was pretty fed up.
It is also used with 'much' to mean 'nearly':
I've pretty much spent all my money.
And with 'well' to mean 'almost':
Pretty well everyone agreed that it was a great party.
Pretty is a pretty useful word in fact!
In written language, however, pretty is less common.
Pretty well everyone came out to vote in the election.
> Almost everyone came out to vote in the election.
> The vast majority of the population came out to vote.
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