Definitions

quite

[kwahyt] / kwaɪt /

ADVERB

completely

Synonyms

STRONGEST

absolutely actually altogether entirely fully largely perfectly really thoroughly totally truly utterly wholly

WEAK

all all in all all told considerably in all respects in fact in reality in toto in truth just positively precisely purely well without reservation

Antonyms

STRONGEST

doubtfully inadequately incompletely indefinite partially partly

ADVERB

to a certain extent

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fairly pretty rather reasonably relatively somewhat very

WEAK

considerably far moderately more or less significantly to some degree

Antonyms

STRONGEST

little

WEAK

incompletely

Example Sentences

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"This would have been quite a busy place - the centre of a big agricultural estate and lots of people coming and going."

From BBC

While today’s AI gadgets haven’t quite found their footing, tomorrow’s look promising.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I’m quite sanguine about the idea of leaving this decision to younger and more accomplished people,” Beach said.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I’m quite confident he has deeply considered his capacity to undertake this important responsibility,” Cohen said.

From The Wall Street Journal

"We've already had to make adaptations to our building, which is quite costly," says Smith, head teacher since it opened in September 2021.

From BBC