rather /räˈdhər/

1. Sooner, more quickly (Shakespeare)
2. More readily
3. More willingly
4. In preference
5. More than otherwise
6. More properly
7. Somewhat, in some degree

1. (sometimes affectedly /rä-dhûrˈ/) I should think so
2. Yes, indeed

raˈtherish adverb (informal)

• trenchantly
• trenchard
• trenchards
• trench coat
• trench coats
• trenched
• trencher
• trencher cap
• trencher caps
• trencher-fed
• trencher-friend
• trencher-friends
• trencher-knight
• trencherman
• trenchermen
• trenchers
• trenches
• trench feet
• trench fever
• trench fevers
• trench foot
• trenching
• trench knife
• trench knives
• trench mortar