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English

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Etymology

quit, quite.

Pronunciation


Adjective

quite


Adverb

  1. Completely; wholly; entirely; totally; perfectly.
  2. : The work is not quite done; you are quite mistaken.
  3. To a great extent or degree; very; very much; considerably.
  4. : The car is quite damaged.
  5. : I find him quite adorable.
  6. To a moderate extent or degree (tone of speech will often indicate this almost conflicting usage)
  7. : Well, I quite like the painting.
  8. : Work was quite OK today.
  9. : Work went quite well today.


Translations

  • French: ,
  • Hungarian:
  • Polish: ,
  • French:
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Interjection

Quite!

  1. An indication of emphatic agreement.


Derived terms


Category:1000 English basic words

ar:quite eo:quite fr:quite io:quite it:quite ku:quite li:quite hu:quite ja:quite pl:quite simple:quite fi:quite ta:quite te:quite vi:quite tr:quite zh:quite

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Quite \Quite\ (kw[imac]t), v. t. & i.
See Quit. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Quite \Quite\ (kw[imac]t), adv. [F. quitte discharged, free,
clear; cf. OF. quitement freely, frankly, entirely. See
Quit, a.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Completely; wholly; entirely; totally; perfectly; as, the
work is not quite done; the object is quite accomplished;
to be quite mistaken.
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Man shall not quite be lost, but saved who will.
--Milton.
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The same actions may be aimed at different ends, and
arise from quite contrary principles. --Spectator.
[1913 Webster]

2. To a great extent or degree; very; very much;
considerably. "Quite amusing." --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]

He really looks quite concerned. --Landor.
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The island stretches along the land and is quite
close to it. --Jowett
(Thucyd. ).
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WordNet quite
adv 1: to a degree (not used with a negative); "quite tasty";
"quite soon"; "quite ill"; "quite rich" [syn: rather]
2: 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: 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" [syn: quite a, {quite
an}]
4: actually or truly or to an extreme; "was quite a sudden
change"; "it's quite the thing to do"; "quite the rage";
"Quite so!"
Moby Dictionary
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


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