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  • 1quite — W1S1 [kwaıt] predeterminer, adv [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: quit, quite free of (13 19 centuries), from Old French quite; QUIT] 1.) fairly or very, but not extremely →↑pretty ▪ The food in the canteen is usually quite good. ▪ He seems quite upset… …

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  • 2quite — /kwaIt/ predeterminer, adverb 1 (+ adj/adv) especially BrE fairly: quite big/tall etc: The restaurant does great food and the prices are quite reasonable. | I got a letter from Sylvia quite recently. | quite a big sth/a tall sth etc: He s quite a …

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  • 3recently — re|cent|ly W1S1 [ˈri:səntli] adv not long ago ▪ He has recently been promoted to Assistant Manager. ▪ a recently published biography ▪ Jerry lived in Cairo until quite recently . ▪ More recently , he s appeared in a number of British films …

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  • 4recently — / ri:sFntli/ adverb not long ago: I ve only recently started learning French. | Jerry lived in Cairo until quite recently. | a recently published biography …

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  • 5quite — [14] Quite is essentially the same word as the adjective quit ‘free, absolved, discharged, cleared’ (which in Middle English commonly took the alternative form quite). It came to be used as an adverb meaning ‘thoroughly, clearly’. The weaker… …

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  • 6quite — [14] Quite is essentially the same word as the adjective quit ‘free, absolved, discharged, cleared’ (which in Middle English commonly took the alternative form quite). It came to be used as an adverb meaning ‘thoroughly, clearly’. The weaker… …

    Word origins

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