quite right
idiom
chiefly British
—used to say that one thinks someone did the right thing
"After I was treated so rudely, I complained to the management." "And quite right, too!"
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In fact, someone from the Ali Grace team checks in directly with each customer to confirm details and flag anything that doesn’t look quite right.
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Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 7 Nov. 2025
Neither argument is quite right.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
Still not quite right, though understandable.
—Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
Things just … haven’t looked quite right.
—Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
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Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 7 Nov. 2025
Neither argument is quite right.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
Still not quite right, though understandable.
—Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
Things just … haven’t looked quite right.
—Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
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“Quite right.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quite%20right. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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