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Definition of "quite" [quite]
- To the greatest extent; completely: quite alone; not quite finished. See Usage Note at perfect. (adverb)
- Actually; really: I'm quite positive about it. (adverb)
- To a degree; rather: quite soon; quite tasty. (adverb)
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Use "quite" in a sentence
- ""But you look quite well -- _quite_ well," she insisted."
- "Once or twice she said that though "Frank was adamant" when she had wished to get closer in touch with his interests and sympathies when he was quite a young man, yet she was always _quite_ in sympathy with her eldest son."
- "He was so clever, so distinguished, he had his eyes and his voice and his whole self so perfectly under control, that she never could be quite, _quite_ sure -- but now!"