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
But even knowing that, Portman and Krasinski weren't quite prepared for just how real things would get.
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 22 May 2025
That said, rates are quite reasonable in the off-season, which runs from November to March.
—Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 22 May 2025
Some are quite tolerant of drought and others prefer moist planting sites.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 22 May 2025
Halper, of Top Ten Liquors, isn’t quite sure what to expect from the federal government.
—Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Money, 10 May 2025
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 22 May 2025
That said, rates are quite reasonable in the off-season, which runs from November to March.
—Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 22 May 2025
Some are quite tolerant of drought and others prefer moist planting sites.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 22 May 2025
Halper, of Top Ten Liquors, isn’t quite sure what to expect from the federal government.
—Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Money, 10 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quite
Adverb
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Getting past these fights is going to rocket you to 99 pretty quickly, albeit getting Lumina Points is a different story.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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Tile or panels that are polished by machine and stacked in a workshop or factory for shipping are handled pretty quickly.—
Ashley Belanger – May 22,
ArsTechnica,
22 May 2025
Adverb
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But the musician fixated on a totally different moment.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
12 May 2025
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Skarsgard’s Murderbot is awkward in a totally different way, unsure how to deal with emotion, tortured just by having to look someone in the eye.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
Adverb
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Some homes and businesses bounced back relatively quickly, while others languished in complicated situations with insurance companies and a drought of cash flow.—
Gwen Rockwood,
Arkansas Online,
15 May 2025
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The momentum is especially fast-paced, almost overly so, at the beginning, but the film settles over time into the relatively pleasant feel of a runaway train.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
Adverb
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If those conversations do happen, Dr. Brady stresses the importance of listening fully and without judgment.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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On the more challenging side, as in many other European countries, production budgets are rising, theatrical audience numbers have not fully returned to pre-COVID levels and the most significant drop is among kids and youth.—
Annika Pham,
Variety,
15 May 2025
Adverb
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Fox said that these dogs are fairly adaptable to different lifestyles, and emotionally in tune with their owners.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2025
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Henrique provides an unexpected scoring punch Considering all the firepower on the Oilers, Adam Henrique’s name is fairly far down the list of those expected to provide an offensive impact.—
Daniel Nugent-Bowman,
New York Times,
12 May 2025
Adverb
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Goin starts with gold and makes it into something more precious: say, as just one example, a salad of delicate, impossibly sweet lettuces paired with slices of firm, ripe avocado, moons of blood orange, new sugar snap peas and a light, fragrant, perfectly balanced basil-buttermilk dressing.—
Sam Sifton,
New York Times,
18 May 2025
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Pascaline Chavanne’s costumes, especially Seberg’s wardrobe of minute cardigans and jaunty silk scarves, strike every note perfectly.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
18 May 2025
Adverb
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Gerard Finley’s Antony makes a good partner to this rather domesticated Cleopatra.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
13 May 2025
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The first symptoms that came to a head, so to speak, were rather subtle.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
Adverb
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In this particular case, Johnson’s ugly goal was utterly befitting of the 2024-25 Europa League final.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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But in his ruling Wednesday, Los Angeles County Judge Huey P. Cotton said Curiel utterly failed to pursue his case in a timely manner.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
21 May 2025
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“Quite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quite. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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