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What (who) is Quite - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Quite interesting; Quite Interesting (disambiguation)
quite
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
You use quite to indicate that something is the case to a fairly great extent. Quite is less emphatic than 'very' and 'extremely'.
I felt quite bitter about it at the time...
Well, actually it requires quite a bit of work and research...
I was quite a long way away, on the terrace...
ADV: ADV adj/adv, ADV a n, ADV before v [vagueness]
2.
You use quite to emphasize what you are saying.
It is quite clear that we were firing in self defence...
That's a general British failing. In the USA it's quite different...
ADV: ADV group, ADV before v [emphasis]
3.
You use quite after a negative to make what you are saying weaker or less definite.
Something here is not quite right...
After treatment he was able to continue but he was never quite the same...
ADV: with brd-neg, ADV group, ADV before v [vagueness]
4.
You use quite in front of a noun group to emphasize that a person or thing is very impressive or unusual.
'Oh, he's quite a character,' Sean replied...
It's quite a city, Boston.
PREDET: PREDET a n [approval]
5.
You can say 'quite' to express your agreement with someone. (SPOKEN)
'And if you buy the record it's your choice isn't it.'-'Quite'...
ADV: ADV as reply [formulae]
quite
ad.
1.
Completely, wholly, entirely, totally, perfectly.
2.
Very, considerably, in a great degree, to a great extent.
Quite
·vt & ·vi ·see Quit.
II. Quite ·adj To a great extent or degree; very; very much; considerably.
III. Quite ·adj Completely; wholly; entirely; totally; perfectly; as, the work is not quite done; the object is quite accomplished; to be quite mistaken.
Wikipedia
Quite Interesting
Quite Interesting may refer to:
- QI (short for Quite Interesting), a BBC comedy panel game featuring Sandi Toksvig and Alan Davies
- Quite Interesting Limited, the company that provides the research used on QI, The Museum of Curiosity and related works
Examples of use of Quite
1. "Quite strange, quite strange," he remarked, drawing further laughter.
2. Dear Non–Domestic Goddess, Are you quite, quite sure?
3. She can be quite mumsy, then she can be quite attacky.
4. Maybe not quite Northern California or Bordeaux, but quite a pretty scene nonetheless.
5. "I was quite amazed to see all those stories, quite frankly," he said.