The phrase "a pretty shady" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something or someone that is suspicious or questionable in nature.
Example: "The deal he offered seemed a little too good to be true; it felt like a pretty shady proposition."
Alternatives: "somewhat dubious" or "rather suspicious".
Of course, whether we should take Yuri's words at face value is another matter, given that he's a pretty shady character himself.
Obviously, this is a pretty shady arrangement on all the participants' parts, and it does warrant a response of some kind from Google.
The internet is a pretty shady place sometimes.
Where to isn't clear exactly, and kind of creepy when you think about it, but Barney is a pretty shady guy underneath his ample charm.
She eventually had to take down the website, after the Ottawa Citizen exposed it as a pretty shady political fundraising gimmick.
Last August there was the 'Ladbrokes Visa Card', a pretty shady-looking venture even by the standards of the financial services industry.
On Inside Sudan, we take a look at the pretty shady goings on in the country's oil industry.
I almost sort of dig her – until I remember how she sat there grinning and nodding sagely as Giuliani and Palin sneered "community organiser" like it was a curse word last night, which is pretty shady for someone who, presumably, wants people to get involved with charitable pursuits in their own communities.
There were also a clusterfuck of other allegations that sounded pretty shady (dude was charging taxpayers for funerals he attended), compounded by the fact that former Prime Minister Stephen Harper's chief of staff Nigel Wright issued a $90,000 cheque to cover some of Duffy's seemingly improper expenses.
Yok is the conclusion of a four-book series about a city populated by stuffed animals who get involved in some pretty shady stuff.
In the 1980s, I lived in some pretty shady places.
