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quite

adverb

ˈkwīt How to pronounce quite (audio)
1
: wholly, completely
not quite finished
2
: to an extreme : positively
quite sure
—often used as an intensifier with a
quite a swell guyquite a beauty
3
: to a considerable extent : rather
quite near
Using Plenty as an Adjective: Usage Guide

Many commentators object to use of sense 2 in writing; it appears to be limited chiefly to spoken English. Sense 1 is literary but is no longer in common use.

Phrases
quite a bit
: a considerable amount
quite a few
: many

Synonyms

Example Sentences

He felt that the world he had loved had quite gone. Edmund Wilson, New York Times Book Review, 20 July 1986 The men who made love to the left-wing college girls were either medical students, who had contempt for them and forgot them, or jocks, who bragged falsely of having made conquests of quite other girls. Renata Adler, Pitch Dark, 1983 In my opinion, my work … ain't quite good enough … William Faulkner, in Faulkner in the University, (1959) 1977 Irene Franey, a little older than I, was quite a beauty John O'Hara, letter, 30 Dec. 1963 “Are you quite finished?” “Not quite.” I am quite capable of doing it myself, thank you. They assured me that I was quite mistaken. We hadn't quite made up our minds. She's quite right, you know. I quite forgot your birthday. No one realized quite what was happening. Quite why he left is unclear. That is not quite what I said. See More
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Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from quite, adjective, quit

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of quite was in the 14th century

Phrases Containing quite

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