Definição e significado de quite

quite (adv.)

1.completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers"an absolutely magnificent painting" "a perfectly idiotic idea" "you're perfectly right" "utterly miserable" "you can be dead sure of my innocence" "was dead tired" "dead ri..."

2.to the greatest extent; completely"you're quite right" "she was quite alone" "was quite mistaken" "quite the opposite" "not quite finished" "did not quite make it"

3.to a degree (not used with a negative)"quite tasty" "quite soon" "quite ill" "quite rich"

4.of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative)"her victory was quite something" "she's quite a girl" "quite a film" "quite a walk" "we've had quite an afternoon"

5.actually or truly or to an extreme"was quite a sudden change" "it's quite the thing to do" "quite the rage" "Quite so!"

6.to a moderately sufficient extent or degree"the shoes are priced reasonably" "he is fairly clever with computers" "they lived comfortably within reason"

7.to a moderately sufficient extent or degree"pretty big" "pretty bad" "jolly decent of him" "the shoes are priced reasonably" "he is fairly clever with computers"

quite

1.definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely')"the results are surely encouraging" "she certainly is a hard worker" "it's going to be a good day for sure" "they are coming, for certain" "they thought he had been kil..."