单词	quite a few
释义	quite adverb ˈkwīt  1 : wholly, completely not quite finished 2 : to an extreme : positively quite sure —often used as an intensifier with a quite a swell guyquite a beauty 3 : to a considerable extent : rather quite near Phrases quite a bit : a considerable amount quite a few : many Synonyms all all of all over altogether clean completely dead enough entire entirely even exactly fast flat full fully heartily out perfectly plumb [chiefly dialect] soundly thoroughly through and through totally utterly well wholly wide See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences He felt that the world he had loved had quite gone. Edmund Wilson, New York Times Book Review, 20 July 1986 The men who made love to the left-wing college girls were either medical students, who had contempt for them and forgot them, or jocks, who bragged falsely of having made conquests of quite other girls. Renata Adler, Pitch Dark, 1983 In my opinion, my work … ain't quite good enough … William Faulkner, in Faulkner in the University, (1959) 1977 Irene Franey, a little older than I, was quite a beauty John O'Hara, letter, 30 Dec. 1963 “Are you quite finished?” “Not quite.” I am quite capable of doing it myself, thank you. They assured me that I was quite mistaken. We hadn't quite made up our minds. She's quite right, you know. I quite forgot your birthday. No one realized quite what was happening. Quite why he left is unclear. That is not quite what I said. See More Recent Examples on the Web The first three episodes dwell on texture and on story setup, delineating a world that is close—but not quite familiar—to the half-dozen films directed by Peter Jackson. Jo Livingstone, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2022 Even though some of the later installments don't quite match the power of the original trilogy, the franchise as a whole is still absolutely worth a back-to-back rewatch. Sezin Koehler, EW.com, 16 Sep. 2022 Jalen Wayne and Caullin Lacy are off to excellent starts at receiver, while Ole Miss transfer DJ Thomas-Jones has also been quite a find at tight end. Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 16 Sep. 2022 Ultimately ETHPoW may end up a zombie version of a cryptocurrency, not quite dead but not really alive. Paul Vigna, WSJ, 16 Sep. 2022 Moths keep flapping into lightbulbs for reasons scientists still don't quite understand. Joshua Sokol, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2022 Life may feel quite dreamy as your ruler Venus glides through your fantastical 12th house, and those dreams can carry you great distances as Venus squares Mars in your expansion sector. Chicago Tribune, 16 Sep. 2022 The Top Gun effect, in which a deeply uncool, albeit thrilling, throwback blockbuster single-handedly revives the theatrical experience for an entire industry forevermore, has not quite come to pass. Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 16 Sep. 2022 Mike and Benson’s four-year relationship is slowly but inexorably falling apart, and neither of them quite knows why, or how to stop it. Chelsea Leu, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2022 See More Word History Etymology Middle English, from quite, adjective, quit First Known Use 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Phrases Containing quite get/take quite a hammering for (quite) some time quite right quite some time quite a while quite apart from quite something quite a few quite a bit get/take quite a hammering for (quite) some time quite right quite some time quite a while quite apart from quite something quite a few quite a bit See More Kids Definition quite adverb ˈkwīt  1 : beyond question or doubt : completely I was quite alone. Are you quite sure? 2 : to a considerable extent That's quite interesting. We're quite near. quite a few phrase as in many being of a large but indefinite number This weather's already caused quite a few accidents, so take your time driving. Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance many multiple numerous some several countless legion all kinds of various multiplex multitudinous beaucoup innumerable myriad multifold numberless miscellaneous untold unnumbered sundry mixed manifold uncountable multifarious divers Antonyms & Near Antonyms few limited countable
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