quite

quite is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

quiet - quite - r

• enPR: kwīt
• IPA ^(key): /kwaɪt/
• SAMPA: /kwaIt/

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1. Very; much.

   The dog was quite little.

   She was quite good to me.

2. Not very.

   The evening was quite dark and I saw a small frog jump across the road.

In American English, the adverb "quite" does not usually modify verbs. It almost always modifies adjectives. In British English, "quite" often modifies verbs.

• (very) very, completely, entirely, totally, utterly, absolutely, extremely, fully, wholly, unequivocally, strongly, positively
• (fairly) fairly, rather, pretty, moderately, relatively, reasonably, somewhat, to a certain extent, considerably, comparatively

• (very) slightly, barely, merely, hardly, faintly, vaguely, a little, somewhat, weakly, indistinctly, imperceptibly
• (fairly) extremely, barely

1. Exactly or indeed.

   "Is the answer correct?" "Quite!"

• certainly
• exactly
• for sure
• indeed
• yes