quite
to a degree (not used with a negative)
How often you will meet it
Rank 215 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 107,742 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.051% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adverb
- to a degree (not used with a negative) also: rather quite tastyquite soon
- to the greatest extent; completely you're quite rightshe was quite alone
- of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative) also: quite a, quite an her victory was quite somethingshe's quite a girl
- actually or truly or to an extreme was quite a sudden changeit's quite the thing to do
quite in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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No," growing suddenly quite grave, "you will have to guess again.
Gloria and Treeless Street · Annie Hamilton Donnell · Chapter 1
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I knew quite well that he was expecting me to continue, and I did so.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1
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I quite sympathize with the rage of the English democracy against what they call the vices of the upper orders.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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He knocked his shins badly on a quite visible railing and it was out of the question to say a single word.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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He looked at her intently, a queer, mischievous, yet penetrating look; then broke into a broad, genial laugh, quite Bacchic and succumbed.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1