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
Major League Baseball is being painted as an inclusive league that is quite willing to exclude its Christian players.
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Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026
Nevertheless, United never knew quite what to do with him.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 16 June 2026
Snapping up Tubi in early 2022 was his first, biggest, and, quite frankly, smartest deal.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 16 June 2026
The current state of American science is generally quite good.
—Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 16 June 2026
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Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026
Nevertheless, United never knew quite what to do with him.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 16 June 2026
Snapping up Tubi in early 2022 was his first, biggest, and, quite frankly, smartest deal.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 16 June 2026
The current state of American science is generally quite good.
—Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 16 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quite
Adverb
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Authorities will not be able to begin their investigation into the cause of the fire until it is completely extinguished, Heefner said.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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Rosa Emanuela Lo Faro, an Italian lawyer who represents some of the minors, told CNN that in some cases the children were completely cut off from their lives back in Ukraine.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
12 June 2026
Adverb
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First of all, the president’s name is redacted throughout, yet everything else seems pretty familiar to me.—
Fiction Non Fiction,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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After the two hitters, the two outs felt pretty good.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
11 June 2026
Adverb
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The editors totally, completely, utterly rubbed my face it in this week.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Dec. 2025
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Kinsella didn’t see the label as totally negative.—
Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
10 Dec. 2025
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So while on paper Mecklenburg’s child care system appears relatively stable — roughly 500 licensed providers, a net gain of licensed slots last year, no mass wave of closures — Hazeldine says that’s an incomplete picture.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
11 June 2026
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The anchor-and-attach approach would use a claw-and-spike mechanism at the tip of the robotic arm to grapple and anchor to the asteroid—assuming, that is, that Kamo‘oalewa’s surface is sturdy and relatively obstacle-free.—
Andrew Jones,
Scientific American,
11 June 2026
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The skydiver fell about 7,000 feet from the plane before the main lines fully unwound from the dangling reserve line and functioned normally for the remainder of the descent, the report said.—
Mithil Aggarwal,
NBC news,
12 Dec. 2025
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Several weapons were also recovered from the Manteca home including a fully automatic AR-15 rifle, Sutter County sheriff’s officials said.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
12 Dec. 2025
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Given their international teams are expected to go far, the chances of Pedro Porro (Spain), Cristian Romero (Argentina), Richarlison (Brazil) and Micky van de Ven (the Netherlands) turning out in Sydney are fairly slim.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
12 Dec. 2025
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Tools & Materials Needed The good news is that cleaning your bathroom exhaust fan is a fairly easy DIY task!—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
11 Dec. 2025
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In fact, the product’s popularity soared in the Victorian era, when the royal laundress credited her perfectly bright linens to the little blue additive, turning it into a household must-have.—
Alexandra Emanuelli,
Southern Living,
11 Dec. 2025
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Native tepary beans are cooked perfectly al dente with carrots and nopales and garnished with red chile sauce and salsa verde.—
Von Diaz,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
11 Dec. 2025
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Phongam plays off Jittri’s steam-rolling ambition to electrifying results in a rather addictive Thai thriller series that throws a lot of story at ya.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
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But rather than further ratchet up the stakes in the final minutes, the episode closes with Rosemary exhaustively — and rather hilariously — going over an extensive genealogical document for Tom and Patricia.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
11 June 2026
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“Quite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quite. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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