adverb
definition
(heading) To the greatest extent or degree; completely, entirely.
synonyms
definition
(heading) In a fully justified sense; truly, perfectly, actually.
definition
To a moderate extent or degree; somewhat, rather.
interjection
definition
Indicates agreement; "exactly so".
Examples of quite in a Sentence
It is quite near the park gate.
You're growing into quite the young lady.
He was getting to be quite a handsome young man.
But she didn't feel quite ready yet.
I must have made quite a spectacle.
That didn't come out quite right.
I quite agree with you!
There was a barber shop and I could see a calendar on the wall but I couldn't quite read it.
It was quite impossible to understand these sounds.
I am considered quite unusual.
It didn't quite work out as he planned.
Neighbors are quite close by.
There were clothes in the dresser, not quite her size but not too far off.
It wasn't quite morning when he returned her to the extra bed in Jonny's room.
Now there was life and light in his eyes, even if he wasn't quite the man Jule remembered.
Heavy brush had totally obscured the entrance until someone had quite recently cut and pulled away the branches, exposing the opening.
Also, my hat is quite empty.
It is quite a romance.
They were curious and thought she was quite a spectacle.
His dark gaze was steady, his body rippling with the power she couldn't quite pin down.
He'd likely be away with Jule for quite a while.
And I was quite sure they would be accepted as props.
I assure you I know quite enough.
She'd never done anything quite so disobedient—so stupid.
This was quite correct.
Quite young, I grieve to say; and all of my brothers and sisters that you see here are practically my own age.
At that time I eagerly absorbed everything I read without a thought of authorship, and even now I cannot be quite sure of the boundary line between my ideas and those I find in books.
As I see it you were quite right, and I told Natasha so.
Quite a few, and they're pulling in everyone from the east coast to Miami and Orlando.
He was quite an old little man and his head was long and entirely bald.
Edward could spell nearly all the words in his primer, and he could read quite well.
And you may even—reasonably, optimistically—think it to be quite likely.
I do not understand quite what that means.
But we shall not be quite separated; we shall see each other every day, I hope.
I need a teacher quite as much as Helen.
Pierre pushed his way into the middle of the group, listened, and convinced himself that the man was indeed a liberal, but of views quite different from his own.
While this Greenbriar Road property is not quite so inviting, a spring lock on a back door was no serious test.
He'd fulfilled his end of the bargain and crossed quite a few things off her bucket list last night.
The Wizard carried his satchel, which was quite heavy, and Zeb carried the two lanterns and the oil can.
We've been in the dark quite a while, and you may as well explain what has happened.
Mr. Jefferson's, beautiful, pathetic representation quite carried me away with delight.
So you may imagine that we look quite like peacocks, only we've no trains....
But fortunately for us both, I am a little stronger, and quite as obstinate when I set out.
And Boris, having apparently relieved himself of an onerous duty and extricated himself from an awkward situation and placed another in it, became quite pleasant again.
She was never quite sure how to respond to Martha's candor though the two continued to be best of friends.
From what Fred says after snooping on the Internet, Mr. Westlake is quite wealthy.
I was sorely perplexed, and felt quite discouraged, and wasted much precious time, especially in Algebra.
He must have made quite an impression on little eighteen-year-old Jennifer.
This is quite a turn around, isn't it?
His mother smiled, for she felt quite sure that there was no danger.