quite

adverb

ˈkwīt How to pronounce quite (audio)
Definition of quitenext
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 And because the group has been quite consistent in the last year or so, a lot of the main core of the group all have stayed and been in the group. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026 The tech giant has since resumed growth and is doing quite well now, says Jonathan Vincent, a data analyst at Statista. — Charlotte Hu, Time, 9 July 2026 And the question is whether the planets even have atmospheres, because M dwarfs are quite active. — Quanta Magazine, 9 July 2026 Benchmarks released alongside the launch showed Grok competitive with—though not quite matching—top models from competitors. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 9 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for quite
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quite
  1. completely
  2. pretty
  3. totally
  4. relatively
  5. fully
  6. fairly
  7. perfectly
  8. rather
Adverb
  • Communists want to end capitalism and replace it with a system where almost all private property is outlawed and the economy is completely run by the state.
    — Franco Ordoñez, NPR, 10 July 2026
  • The north offers something completely different to the south.
    — Megan Rose Murray, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026
Definition of completely
Adverb
  • But this one is in a pretty brutal industrial town, very no-nonsense.
    — Zachary Fletcher, USA Today, 7 July 2026
  • The letters of their instructions read the same way each time, so they can be tracked pretty easily.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
Definition of pretty
Adverb
  • Bond has always been an intriguing vessel; by design, the spy is detached and isolated, a character who can disappear into the shadows and emerge totally fixated on a new mission with his past loves and losses brushed off with ease.
    — Emily Maskell, IndieWire, 10 July 2026
  • There’s something powerful about pairing a hundred-year-old heritage object with something that feels totally of-the-moment.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 9 July 2026
Definition of totally
Adverb
  • BoccaLupo isn’t known for happy hour, but their tasting menu is a great way to experience a lot for a relatively low price.
    — Blair Crosby, AJC.com, 5 July 2026
  • Deuterium is relatively easy to harvest from water, but tritium is trickier.
    — David Szondy July 05, New Atlas, 5 July 2026
Definition of relatively
Adverb
  • Meanwhile, Israeli attacks, though lessened, have not fully abated, with near-daily strikes killing at least 1,072 people since the ceasefire took effect.
    — Bilal Shbeir, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • Looking ahead, 74 percent of retail executives expect to deploy AI at scale within the next 12 months, which places the sector among the fastest across all industries to fully adopt the technology.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 9 July 2026
Definition of fully
Adverb
  • Levine notes that the antivenoms are fairly similar, but there are some differences on a molecular level between the two and in their longer-term effects.
    — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026
  • Quite macro Part of the fixation on non-fundamental flow and structural drivers reflects a fairly quiet macro backdrop, with near-term economic trends not acting as the prime driver of investor attitudes or even corporate profits.
    — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 7 July 2026
Definition of fairly
Adverb
  • The crafty 10th-seeded Czech, whose slices and volleys are perfectly suited to Wimbledon’s low-bouncing surface, carries a medicine cabinet’s worth of remedies to prove that the All England Club’s famous lawns can be a real irritant.
    — Douglas Robson, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
  • Obama perfectly captured the moral realism that was so prevalent among Cold War liberals.
    — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
Definition of perfectly
Adverb
  • Plenty of professions skew one way or another, but those patterns aren’t driven by biology but rather our cultural stereotypes about who is good at what kind of work.
    — Miranda Shanahan, Time, 10 July 2026
  • Their continued presence in the category, at this point, doesn’t register as reflective of their quality but rather voting inertia and a nomination body liable to box-check rather than seriously consider all the candidates.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 10 July 2026
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