Search results for 'quite':

quite adverb 1 completely; entirely • I quite understand • It's not quite clear what happened. 2 to a high degree • quite exceptional. 3 rather; fairly; to some or a limited degree • quite a nice day • quite enjoyed it. 4 (also quite so) used in a reply: I agree, see your point, etc not quite hardly; just short of or less than a specified thing. quite a or an ... a striking, impressive, daunting, challenging, etc ... • That was quite a night. quite a few colloq a reasonably large number of (people or things, etc) • quite a few people brought their kids. quite another matter or thing, etc very different. quite some ... a considerably large amount of ... • I might be quite some time. quite something very impressive • His flat is quite something.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from (adj) quit.