What is the meaning of quite?

adverb

  • To a degree (not used with a negative. )
    • usage: "quite tasty"; "quite soon"; "quite ill"; "quite rich"
  • To the greatest extent; completely.
    • usage: "you're quite right"; "she was quite alone"; "was quite mistaken"; "quite the opposite"; "not quite finished"; "did not quite make it"
  • Of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative. )
    • usage: "her victory was quite something"; "she's quite a girl"; "quite a film"; "quite a walk"; "we've had quite an afternoon"
  • Actually or truly or to an extreme.
    • usage: "was quite a sudden change"; "it's quite the thing to do"; "quite the rage"; "Quite so"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
9
 
|15 years ago|977 views|share |citing 
APAWordNet. (2010). quite. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/quite/definitions/1253050
ChicagoWordNet. 2010. "quite" http://smartdefine.org/quite/definitions/1253050 (accessed September 20, 2026).
HarvardWordNet 2010, quite, Smart Define, viewed 20 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/quite/definitions/1253050>.
MLAWordNet. "quite" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/quite/definitions/1253050>
{ class="autoclick" }next definition (/)