quite
adverb, predeterminer /kwaɪt/ UKDefinition
A2 a little or a lot but not completely: I'm quite tired but I can certainly walk a little further. There was quite a lot of traffic today but yesterday was even busier. It was quite a difficult job. He's quite attractive but not what I'd call gorgeous. It would be quite a nuisance to write to everyone.Some and quite
(Definition of quite adverbpredeterminer from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- bit noun (AMOUNT)
- certain pronoun
- faintly adverb
- fairly adverb (QUITE)
- ha'porth noun
- halfway adverb
- little adverb (SMALL AMOUNT)
- mildly adverb
- pretty adverb
- rather adverb (SMALL AMOUNT)
- remotely adverb (SLIGHTLY)
- several determiner, pronoun
- slightly adverb (SMALL IN AMOUNT)
- some ... or other idiom
- some determiner (UNKNOWN AMOUNT)
- somewhat adverb
- sort of idiom
- to a/some degree idiom
- touch noun (SMALL AMOUNT)
- trifle noun (UNIMPORTANT THING)
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