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Dictionary definition for: Quite

1. (r) to a degree (not used with a negative) "quite tasty" "quite soon" "quite ill" "quite rich"

2. (r) to the greatest extent; completely; "you''re quite right" "she was quite alone" "was quite mistaken" "quite the opposite" "not quite finished" "did not quite make it"

3. (r) of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative) "her victory was quite something" "she''s quite a girl" "quite a film" "quite a walk" "we''ve had quite an afternoon"

4. (r) actually or truly or to an extreme; "was quite a sudden change" "it''s quite the thing to do" "quite the rage" "Quite so!"

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