Quite

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English

Adverb

Quite (comparative more Quite, superlative most Quite)

  1. (manner) Completely; wholly; entirely; perfectly.
    The work is not quite done; you are quite mistaken.
    I don't quite understand you.
  2. (degree) To a great extent or degree; very; very much; considerably.
    The car is quite damaged.
    I find him quite adorable.
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  3. (degree) To a moderate extent or degree (tone of speech will often indicate this almost conflicting usage)
    Well, I quite like the painting.
    Work was quite OK today.
    Work went quite well today.
  4. (degree) To a lesser extent or degree.
    Fred is only quite evil.
    Quite marvelous? What was wrong with it?

Notes

  • This is a non-descriptive qualifier, similar to fairly and rather and somewhat. Used where a plain adjective needs to be modified, but cannot be qualified. When spoken, the meaning can vary with the tone of voice and stress. He was quite big can mean anything from "not exactly small" to "almost huge".

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Interjection

Quite

  1. Indicates the speaker has had enough of the second person's talk, or the language or tone used, etc.
  2. Indicates agreement.

Adjective

Quite (comparative more Quite, superlative most Quite)

  1. Common misspelling of quiet.

Thesaurus

OK, Roger, a bit, a little, absolutely, actually, all, all in all, all right, all told, almighty, alright, alrighty, altogether, amen, as you say, assuredly, awfully, aye, by all means, certainly, clean, clearly, cleverly, completely, considerably, da, decidedly, definitely, demonstrably, entirely, exactly, exceedingly, extremely, fairly, far, fine, for a certainty, for real, fully, hear, honestly, in a measure, in a way, in all, in all conscience, in some measure, in toto, indeed, indeedy, indubitably, irretrievably, irrevocably, it is that, ja, just, just so, kind of, mais oui, manifestly, mightily, mighty, moderately, most assuredly, naturally, naturellement, noticeably, observably, obviously, of course, okay, only too, oui, patently, perfectly, plain, plumb, positively, powerful, powerfully, precisely, pretty, purely, rather, real, really, relatively, right, right as rain, right you are, righto, scarcely, sensibly, seriously, sheer, significantly, slightly, so, somewhat, sort of, stark, sure, sure thing, surely, terribly, terrifically, that is so, thoroughly, to a degree, to be sure, to some extent, totally, truly, unambiguously, undeniably, undoubtedly, unequivocally, unmistakably, unrelievedly, unreservedly, utterly, verily, very, very much, very well, visibly, well and good, wholly, why yes, without doubt, yea, yeah, yep, yes, yes indeed, yes indeedy, yes sir, yes sirree, you are right, you said it, you speak truly

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Middle English quit (“quite”)

Etymology 2

see quiet

Translations

Adverb

completely
to a great extent
to a moderate extent
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Anagrams

Galician

Verb

Quite

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of quitar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of quitar

Latin

Verb

quīte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of queō


Spanish

Noun

  1. The action of removal
  2. A swerve or sidestep

Verb

Quite (infinitive quitar)

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of quitar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of quitar
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