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Adverb: quite  kwIt
  1. To a degree (not used with a negative)
    "quite soon"; "quite ill"; "quite rich"; "quite tasty";
    - rather
     
  2. 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. Of an unusually noticeable, exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative)
    "her victory was quite something"; "she's quite a girl"; "quite a film"; "we've had quite an afternoon";
    - quite a, quite an
     
  4. Actually, truly or to an extreme
    "was quite a sudden change"; "it's quite the thing to do"; "quite the rage"; "Quite so!"
Interjection: quite  kwIt
  1. Expression of agreement
    - I'll say [Brit, informal], quite so