Worse.

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It’s not just good, it’s good enough!

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Better

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Depends on how you say it and in which context.

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A shrug and a “pretty good” = acceptable, not worth complaining about.

A slow grin first or it being said loudly = better than good, great.

Although this depends on how emotive the speaker is.

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if someone shrugs with pretty good

or shrugs with good

to me the former is still better than the latter.

I don’t see a way for pretty good to mean less than good

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Wow! Pretty good!

Vs

That was pretty good, but…

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I think it depends on what expectations were.

You and your friends make a horror movie and it’s better than you thought: Hey, that’s pretty good.

Steven Spielberg makes a mediocre horror movie: It was pretty good.

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