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1
by choice or preference
- I would rather go to the movies than stay at home
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2
as a substitute
- don't think of the placement test as torture but rather as a chance to show off how much you know
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3
to some degree or extent
- I say, don't you think that's rather expensive for a hamburger?
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- enough,
- fairly,
- kind of,
- kindly
- [chiefly Southern],
- like,
- moderately,
- more or less,
- pretty,
- quite,
- relatively,
- something,
- somewhat,
- sort of
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- a bit,
- after a sort,
- a little,
- a mite,
- a tad,
- a touch,
- of sorts
- (or of a sort),
- to a degree
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“Rather.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rather. Accessed 7 Dec. 2021.
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