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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Quite \Quite\ (kw[imac]t), verb (used with an object) & i. See {Quit}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Quite \Quite\ (kw[imac]t), adverb [F. quitte discharged, free, clear; cf. OF. quitement freely, frankly, entirely. See {Quit}, adjective]
1. Completely; wholly; entirely; totally; perfectly; as, the work is not quite done; the object is quite accomplished; to be quite mistaken.
Man shall not quite be lost, but saved who will. --Milton.
The same actions may be aimed at different ends, and arise from quite contrary principles. --Spectator.
2. To a great extent or degree; very; very much; considerably. "Quite amusing." --Macaulay.
He really looks quite concerned. --Landor.
The island stretches along the land and is quite close to it. --Jowett (Thucyd. ).
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adverb
1: to a degree (not used with a negative); "quite tasty"; "quite soon"; "quite ill"; "quite rich" [syn: {quite}, {rather}]
2: to the greatest extent; completely; "you're quite right"; "she was quite alone"; "was quite mistaken"; "quite the opposite"; "not quite finished"; "did not quite make it"
3: of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative); "her victory was quite something"; "she's quite a girl"; "quite a film"; "quite a walk"; "we've had quite an afternoon" [syn: {quite}, {quite a}, {quite an}]
4: actually or truly or to an extreme; "was quite a sudden change"; "it's quite the thing to do"; "quite the rage"; "Quite so!"
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