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  1. quite

    Antonyms:
    partially, imperfectly, barely, insufficiently, hardly

    Synonyms:
    perfectly, entirely, completely, wholly, truly, altogether, totally

Princeton's WordNet3.3 / 4 votes

  1. quite, ratheradverb

    to a degree (not used with a negative)

    "quite tasty"; "quite soon"; "quite ill"; "quite rich"

    Synonyms:
    sooner, kinda, instead, quite an, sort of, preferably, kind of, quite a, rather

  2. quiteadverb

    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"

    Synonyms:
    quite a, rather, quite an

  3. quite, quite a, quite anadverb

    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"

    Synonyms:
    quite a, rather, quite an

  4. quiteadverb

    actually or truly or to an extreme

    "was quite a sudden change"; "it's quite the thing to do"; "quite the rage"; "Quite so!"

    Synonyms:
    quite a, rather, quite an

How to use quite in a sentence?

  1. Sasja Beslik:

    We take this very seriously, if this is a symptom of a bigger problem, it could cost a lot of money and could affect the share quite a lot, and then we have to decide how to act on this -- if we should keep the share or sell.

  2. Rosamund Lewis:

    We actually have today a count of over 550 confirmed cases in 30 countries across four of WHO's six regions, what we're seeing now is really quite different.

  3. Gilles Peress:

    The thing to remember is that the firefighters were alone at that time, there was no police. No ambulance. Nobody else. It was just those two guys for quite a while.

  4. Patrick Reed:

    I've put myself in position and have put some solid rounds together, I just haven't quite put four out there yet at the same time, i feel like I'm really close. I feel like I've got the bag where I feel really comfortable and confident with it, and now it's just get some more reps (golf) underneath me and just kind of get ready for Augusta.

  5. Tony Chung:

    The surveillance was very serious, it's quite terrifying that even in Taiwan we're followed 24 hours a day.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#1391quite
#6787hardly
#7839partially
#8208barely
#53249insufficiently
#72699imperfectly

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