Adverb
- 1. quite, rather
- usage: to a degree (not used with a negative); "quite tasty"; "quite soon"; "quite ill"; "quite rich"
- 2. quite
- usage: to the greatest extent; completely; "you're quite right"; "she was quite alone"; "was quite mistaken"; "quite the opposite"; "not quite finished"; "did not quite make it"
- 3. quite, quite a, quite an
- usage: of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative); "her victory was quite something"; "she's quite a girl"; "quite a film"; "quite a walk"; "we've had quite an afternoon"
- 4. quite
- usage: actually or truly or to an extreme; "was quite a sudden change"; "it's quite the thing to do"; "quite the rage"; "Quite so!"
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