[QUOTE] [B][SIZE=4]"quite"[/SIZE][/B] [B]adverb[/B] [LIST=1] [*]to a degree (not used with a negative); "quite tasty"; "quite soon"; "quite ill"; "quite rich" [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/rather]rather[/URL]] [*]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" [*]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: [URL=http://www.word.sc/quite a]quite a[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/quite an]quite an[/URL]] [*]actually or truly or to an extreme; "was quite a sudden change"; "it's quite the thing to do"; "quite the rage"; "Quite so!" [/LIST] Source: [URL=http://www.word.sc/quite]http://www.word.sc/quite[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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