quite
Part of speech: adv
intj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: bullfighting
entertainment
lifestyle
Etymology: A development of quit, influence by Anglo-Norman quite. Doublet of coy, quit, quiet, and quietus. For an analogous semantic development from the same root, compare Armenian շատ (šat).
Inflected forms:
form: quight
pos: adv
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: quight
pos: intj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: quites
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: quight
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: To the greatest extent or degree; completely, entirely.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: Thus when they had the witch diſrobed quight, / And all her filthy feature open ſhowne, / They let her goe at will, and wander waies vnknowne.
Nobuyoshi Araki has been called a monster, a pornographer and a genius—and the photographer quite agrees.
gloss: To the greatest extent or degree; completely, entirely.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: Margaret passed quite through the pines, and reached the opening beyond which was what was once the yard, but was now, except for a strip of flower-border and turf which showed care, simply a tangle of bushes and briars.
Religion and parochial etiquette are probed to reveal unhealthy, and sometimes shockingly violent, internal desires quite at odds with the surface life of a town in which tolerance is preached.
gloss: To the greatest extent or degree; completely, entirely.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: El adrea was quite dead. No more will he slink silently upon his unsuspecting prey.
It was almost quite dark in there and she kept her arms stretched out in front of her so as not to bump her face into the back of the wardrobe.
In Lejeuneaceae vegetative branches normally originate from the basiscopic basal portion of a lateral segment half, as in the Radulaceae, and the associated leaves, therefore, are quite unmodified.
gloss: To the greatest extent or degree; completely, entirely.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: When I warned him that his words might be offensive to identical twins, he said that identical twins were a quite different case.
Create a new, quite separate, private company – say Murdoch Newspaper Holdings – and give it all, or most of, the papers that News Corp owns.
gloss: To the greatest extent or degree; completely, entirely.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: I ventured to hint that he was not quite a fair judge, as [Charles] Churchill had attacked him violently.
And with a prolonged sound, not quite a sniff and not quite a snort, he trod on Euphemia's toe, and went out, leaving a sensation and a faint scent of barley−sugar behind him.
gloss: To the greatest extent or degree; completely, entirely.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: However, the proceedings were quite carefully orchestrated to produce what seemed to be a predetermined outcome.
Higher education institutions in the UK are, quite rightly, largely autonomous.
gloss: In a fully justified sense; truly, perfectly, actually.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: "My little plot has been rather successful, after all, hasn't it?" "Quite a perfect success," said Drake.
While the government claims to lead the world with its plans to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, the figures tell quite a different story.
gloss: In a fully justified sense; truly, perfectly, actually.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: “My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. / Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. / “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”
London Underground is quite unique in how many front line staff it has, as anyone who has travelled on the Paris Metro or New York Subway will testify.
gloss: In a fully justified sense; truly, perfectly, actually.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: Laploshka was one of the meanest men I have ever met, and quite one of the most entertaining.
Scaramouche has already been greeted as the finest French Revolution yet brought to the screen-and even if you are a little weary of seeing a strongly American band of sans-culottes demolish a pasteboard Paris, you should not miss Scaramouche, for it is quite the best thing Rex Ingram has done since The Four Horsemen.
gloss: In a fully justified sense; truly, perfectly, actually.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: To debauch the Indians with rum and cheat them of their land was quite a Government affair, and not at all criminal; but to use rum to cheat them of their peltry, was an abomination in the sight of the law.
“Looks like you and Clay had quite a party,” she said with a glimmer in her dark blue eyes.
gloss: In a fully justified sense; truly, perfectly, actually.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: It's not quite the colour I am looking for.
It is quite the proper thing for a lady to be on intimate, and even on affectionate, terms with her favourite clergyman, and Lizzie certainly had intercourse with no clergyman who was a greater favourite with her than Mr. Emilius.
His memoir features a child named Tommy Nothing Fancy who suffers from and dies of a seizure disorder. Quite the coincidence, don't you think?
gloss: In a fully justified sense; truly, perfectly, actually.
pos: adv
tags: archaic
not-comparable
gloss: To a moderate extent or degree; somewhat, rather.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: Mind your shoes, the basement is quite wet.
gloss: Indicates agreement; exactly so.
pos: intj
tags: UK
examples: “That's a rather ugly colour for a house, don't you think?” — “Quite.”
gloss: A series of passes made with the cape to distract the bull.
pos: noun
Derived words: not quite
quite a bit
quite a few
quite good
quitely
quite poor
quite so
quite some
quite the contrary
quite the opposite
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: съвсем
roman: sǎvsem
lang: Bulgarian
word: напълно
roman: napǎlno
lang: Catalan
word: completament
lang: Catalan
word: del tot
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 挺
roman: tǐng
lang: Czech
word: dost
lang: Danish
word: ganske
lang: Danish
word: helt
lang: Danish
word: fuldt ud
lang: Danish
word: fuldstændig
lang: Esperanto
word: tute
lang: Esperanto
word: plene
lang: Finnish
word: paljon
lang: Finnish
word: kovasti
lang: Finnish
word: varsin
lang: Finnish
word: sangen
lang: French
word: tout à fait
lang: French
word: complètement
lang: Georgian
word: სავსებით
roman: savsebit
lang: Georgian
word: სრულიად
roman: sruliad
lang: Georgian
word: მთლიანად
roman: mtlianad
lang: German
word: ganz
lang: German
word: völlig
lang: German
word: ganz und gar
lang: German
word: höchst
lang: Ancient Greek
word: πάγχυ
roman: pánkhu
lang: Hindi
word: काफ़ी
roman: kāfī
lang: Hungarian
word: teljesen
lang: Irish
word: ar fad
lang: Italian
word: proprio
lang: Korean
word: 상당히
roman: sangdanghi
lang: Latvian
word: ļoti
lang: Latvian
word: gluži
lang: Latvian
word: visai
lang: Malay
word: agak
lang: Norwegian
word: temmelig
lang: Old English
word: eall
lang: Old Norse
word: ǫllungis
lang: Polish
word: całkowicie
lang: Polish
word: całkiem
lang: Portuguese
word: totalmente
lang: Portuguese
word: completamente
lang: Romanian
word: complet
lang: Romanian
word: total
lang: Russian
word: вполне́
roman: vpolné
lang: Russian
word: весьма́
roman: vesʹmá
lang: Russian
word: изря́дно
roman: izrjádno
lang: Slovene
word: precej
lang: Spanish
word: considerablemente
lang: Spanish
word: bastante
lang: Spanish
word: asaz
lang: Spanish
word: tremendo
lang: Swedish
word: fullständigt
lang: Swedish
word: helt
lang: Swedish
word: komplett
lang: Tagalog
word: napaka-
lang: Turkish
word: tam
lang: Ukrainian
word: цілко́м
roman: cilkóm
lang: Bulgarian
word: наистина
roman: naistina
lang: Bulgarian
word: действително
roman: dejstvitelno
lang: Catalan
word: completament
lang: Catalan
word: totalment
lang: Catalan
word: exactament
lang: Catalan
word: verdaderament
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 好生
roman: hǎoshēng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 挺
roman: tǐng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 夠 /够
roman: gòu
lang: Czech
word: zcela
lang: Czech
word: naprosto
lang: Czech
word: úplně
lang: Dutch
word: volkomen
lang: Esperanto
word: tute
lang: Finnish
word: täysin
lang: Finnish
word: kokonaan
lang: Finnish
word: aivan
lang: French
word: vraiment
lang: Georgian
word: ნამდვილად
roman: namdvilad
lang: Georgian
word: სრულიად
roman: sruliad
lang: Georgian
word: მთლიანად
roman: mtlianad
lang: German
word: recht
lang: German
word: geradezu
lang: German
word: buchstäblich
lang: German
word: ausgesprochen
lang: Hindi
word: बिलकुल
roman: bilkul
lang: Hungarian
word: teljesen
lang: Italian
word: piuttosto
lang: Japanese
word: すっかり
roman: sukkari
lang: Japanese
word: 丸で
roman: maru de
lang: Korean
word: 완전히
roman: wanjeonhi
lang: Latvian
word: īsti
lang: Marathi
word: पूर्णपणे
roman: pūrṇapṇe
lang: Norwegian
word: helt
lang: Old English
word: eall
lang: Polish
word: całkowicie
lang: Polish
word: całkiem
lang: Portuguese
word: realmente
lang: Portuguese
word: completamente
lang: Portuguese
word: totalmente
lang: Romanian
word: realmente
lang: Romanian
word: cu adevărat
lang: Russian
word: во́все
roman: vóvse
lang: Russian
word: по́лностью
roman: pólnostʹju
lang: Russian
word: совсе́м
roman: sovsém
lang: Spanish
word: completamente
lang: Spanish
word: menudo
lang: Swedish
word: verkligen
lang: Swedish
word: alldeles
lang: Swedish
word: sannerligen
lang: Ukrainian
word: по́вністю
roman: póvnistju
lang: Ukrainian
word: зо́всім
roman: zóvsim
lang: Urdu
word: بالکل
roman: bilkul