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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Quite \Quite\, v. t. & i. See {Quit}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Quite \Quite\, adv [F. quite discharged, free clear; cf OF quitement freely, frankly, entirely. See {Quit}, a.] 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 1.6 [wn]: quite adv 1: to a degree (not used with a negative); "quite tasty"; "quite soon"; "quite ill"; "quite rich" [syn: {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 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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