EGAVE

quite

About 147.14 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adverb To the greatest extent or degree; completely, entirely.
  2. adverb With verbs, especially past participles. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  3. adverb With prepositional phrases and spatial adverbs.
  4. adverb With predicative adjectives.
  5. adverb With attributive adjectives, following an (especially indefinite) article; chiefly as expressing contrast, difference etc.
  6. adverb Preceding nouns introduced by the indefinite article. Chiefly in negative constructions.
  7. adverb With adverbs of manner.
  8. adverb In a fully justified sense; truly, perfectly, actually. Coming before the indefinite article and an attributive adjective. (Now largely merged with moderative senses, below.) With plain adjectives, past participles, and adverbs. Coming before the definite article and an attributive superlative. Before a noun preceded by an indefinite article; now often with ironic implications that the noun in question is particularly noteworthy or remarkable. Before a noun preceded by the definite article.
    It's not quite the colour I am looking for.

Similar words

rather quite a quite an relative too comparison comparatively already also just

Often followed by

a different as the so well clear sure possible often

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