1
as in completely
to a full extent or degree
are you quite sure you have permission to go?
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2
as in pretty
to some degree or extent
we camped quite near Mount Rushmore
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Recent Examples of quite
Her performance, although quite natural, tends toward the monochromatic.
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Gina Friedlande, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2026
There is nothing quite like the theater and hatred that comes when the Penguins and Flyers share a sheet of ice.
—Josh Yohe, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2026
Magnus Carlsen was, quite simply, the greatest player in the millennium-and-a-half history of chess.
—Ben Mezrich, Vanity Fair, 6 Apr. 2026
The bedroom is quite large, which explains the dual closets.
—Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 6 Apr. 2026
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Gina Friedlande, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2026
There is nothing quite like the theater and hatred that comes when the Penguins and Flyers share a sheet of ice.
—Josh Yohe, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2026
Magnus Carlsen was, quite simply, the greatest player in the millennium-and-a-half history of chess.
—Ben Mezrich, Vanity Fair, 6 Apr. 2026
The bedroom is quite large, which explains the dual closets.
—Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 6 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quite
Adverb
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In the two years since, Tisza has completely eclipsed Hungary’s old institutional opposition—a fractured gamut ranging from the far right to the left.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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As well-wishers floated between a recording studio, the walk-in closet, a media room, and guest bedrooms, Tuco, the dog, looked completely unfazed by the dozens of curious guests peeking behind every corner.—
Freya Drohan,
Vogue,
9 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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The entire operation gets support from a pretty unique group.—
John Lauritsen,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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By pretty much every metric — student loan debt, credit scores, rates of homeownership — those who left were in worse financial shape than their neighbors, prompting them to leave for a better economic climate.—
Terry Castleman,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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That’s also despite the fact that Anna has about $500 in her bank account, a totally unrealistic sum to potentially sustain a voyage to Italy where a cab alone apparently runs to the cool tune of 200 euros.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
9 Apr. 2026
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This is all so that Coach can feed his own narcissism even while being annoying, wrong, smarmy, and somehow totally in control.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
9 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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While an annoyance at times for the crew, it's been a relatively minor issue given the technical challenges of safely flying to the moon and back.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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That puts them at the forefront of an asset class that is looking uncertain, although their overall exposure is still relatively small compared to their vast holdings.—
Kelsey Warner,
semafor.com,
9 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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In Hungary’s first fully free election, in 1990, the Party made a decent showing.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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Significant advancements in fully capable robotics have become much more efficient and useful for scientific discovery.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Because bath bombs release a high concentration of dye into a fairly small amount of water, the pigment has prolonged contact with the tub’s surface.—
Caroline Lubinsky,
Martha Stewart,
10 Apr. 2026
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In her review, Amy Nicholson sees both depth and something fairly simple.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Fashion On-Theme Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway perfectly match their fashion to the red, white, and black theme at the Devil Wears Prada 2 premiere in Seoul, South Korea on April 8.—
Katie Hill,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
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Their schemes to push Asian-American kids out of their dream schools for racial reasons would have been perfectly legal.—
Alison Somin,
Oc Register,
10 Apr. 2026
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Meta suggested that Kaley’s mental-health struggles were attributable not to social-media addiction but, rather, to her mother’s emotional and physical abuse and neglect, and that Kaley’s social-media use was not the source of her troubles but a way to cope with them.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
New Yorker,
9 Apr. 2026
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Showing an new indie film in theaters rather than taking the more common route of going directly to a streaming service or video on demand or even the regional film festival circuit is a rather radical move these days.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Quite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quite. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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