quite
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1.0
- adverb
- /kwaɪt/
- These lentils are quite nice.
- quite different
- quite often
- quite clear
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Watch on YouTubeThis is like, quite an old school term.
- This is like, quite an old school term.
- Well, he was quite tied up in a way.
- And, and I've always been quite inventive.
- She's bubbly, she's fun, and she's quite scary as well sometimes.
- So the impacts of trauma are vast and quite under recognized.
- We hadn't seen anything quite like it on TV.
- The reaction was going to be quite crazy, bro.
- I've achieved, I've achieved quite a lot after that.
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So it is still quite high versus those others.
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What if I said I'd quite like it if you were to stay?
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I think it's quite cool, quite cash, just like me.
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And this is not quite what we wanted here.
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It's just not going to grow quite as fast.
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Well, I think it's quite fantastic.
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I quite enjoyed the show.
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Actually, it smells quite nice.
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PBL shows us a way forward and is quite effective with students.
Academic text (2011) -
The concert was quite loud, and everyone was impressed by the energy.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Fairly or to some degree when describing another word
895
1.0
To some degree but not very much
235
2.8
A fairly large amount
144
3.4
By a large amount
129
2.2
To a fair degree but not very much
129
4.9
To a large degree
101
3.5
In a way that is especially clear or important
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Etymology
Quite later became softer in meaning, changing from 'completely' to 'to a high degree' or 'very', so when someone says 'quite good' they usually mean 'very good' rather than 'perfect'. A helpful way to remember this is to think of quite as 'really' in everyday speech.