Adverb: quite kwIt
- To a degree (not used with a negative)
"quite soon"; "quite ill"; "quite rich"; "quite tasty";
- rather
- To the greatest extent; completely
"was quite mistaken"; "quite the opposite"; "not quite finished"; "did not quite make it"; "you're quite right"; "she was quite alone"
- 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
- Actually, truly or to an extreme
"quite the rage"; "Quite so!"; "was quite a sudden change"; "it's quite the thing to do"
- Expression of agreement
- I'll say [Brit, informal], quite so