quite

adv.

1. To the greatest extent; completely: quite alone; not quite finished. See Usage Note at perfect.
2. Actually; really: I'm quite positive about it.
3. To a degree; rather: quite soon; quite tasty.

[Middle English, from quite, clear, free, from Old French, from Latin quiētus, freed. See quiet.]

adverb

1. To the fullest extent: absolutely, all, altogether, completely, dead, entirely, flat, fully, just, perfectly, thoroughly, totally, utterly, well², wholly. Informal clean, clear. Idioms: in toto, through and through. See big/small/amount, limited/unlimited.
2. To a considerable extent: considerably, far, much, well². Idioms: by a longshotway, by a wide margin, by far. See big/small/amount.

adv

Definition: completely
Antonyms: incompletely

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IN BRIEF: To the greatest extent.

Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music. — Angela Monet

Dansk (Danish)
adv. - aldeles, helt, ganske, ligefrem, temmelig, en hel (del), ubetinget
int. - ganske rigtigt, vist så

idioms:

• not quite    ikke helt
• quite a    en hel (del)
• quite a few    ganske mange
• quite another    noget helt andet
• quite something    det var ikke så dårligt
• quite the contrary    tværtimod
• quite the thing    det helt rigtige, højeste mode

Nederlands (Dutch)
helemaal, behoorlijk, vrij, inderdaad

Français (French)
adv. - plutôt, tout à fait, entièrement, complètement, totalement, vraiment
int. - d'accord, c'est sûr

idioms:

• not quite    pas tout à fait
• quite a    considérable, beaucoup, quel/quelle (excl)
• quite a few    un assez grand nombre, un bon nombre de
• quite another    tout autre
• quite something    quelque chose, (valoir) le coup d'¯il
• quite the contrary    bien au contraire
• quite the thing    exactement cela

Deutsch (German)
adv. - ganz, völlig, recht
int. - genau, so ist das

idioms:

• not quite    nicht ganz, nicht gerade
• quite a    ein ziemlicher, ein ganz schöner
• quite a few    ziemlich viele, eine ganze Menge
• quite another    ein ganz anderer
• quite something    eine bemerkenswerte Sache
• quite the contrary    ganz und gar nicht
• quite the thing    das Wahre

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - απολύτως, εντελώς, τελείως, αρκετά, ως ένα βαθμό, πολύ, πραγματικά, πράγματι
int. - σωστά!

idioms:

• not quite    όχι ακριβώς!, όχι απολύτως!
• quite a    πραγματικός
• quite a few    αρκετούτσικοι
• quite another    εντελώς διαφορετικός
• quite something    άλλο πράμα
• quite the contrary    ακριβώς το αντίθετο
• quite the thing    ό, τι πρέπει, μες στη μόδα

Italiano (Italian)
completamente, abbastanza

idioms:

• not quite    non proprio
• quite a    proprio un
• quite a few    parecchi
• quite another    un altro (paio di maniche)
• quite something    notevole
• quite the thing    il cacio sui maccheroni, la cosa giusta

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - realmente, completamente
int. - bem

idioms:

• not quite    absolutamente
• quite a    um verdadeiro
• quite a few    muitos
• quite another    bem diverso
• quite something    algo realmente bom
• quite the thing    é a moda

Русский (Russian)
совсем, вполне, весьма

idioms:

• not quite    не совсем
• quite a    вполне
• quite a few    довольно много
• quite another    совсем другой
• quite something    нечто особенное
• quite the thing    нечто особенное

Español (Spanish)
adv. - completamente, totalmente, bastante
int. - Realmente!

idioms:

• not quite    no exactamente, no precisamente
• quite a    realmente
• quite a few    bastantes
• quite another    muy distinto
• quite something    realmente notable
• quite the contrary    ¡todo lo contrario!
• quite the thing    muy de moda, lo apropiado

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - alldeles, fullkomligt, precis, exakt, mycket, ganska, faktiskt
int. - just det! alldeles riktigt!

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
完全, 彻底, 很, 相当, 颇, 的确如此, 正是这样!, 可不是嘛!

idioms:

• not quite    半信半疑, 不完全地, 差不多
• quite a    相当大或多的, 异常的, 出众的
• quite a few    相当多
• quite another    完全是另一回事, 一个完全不同的
• quite something    非比寻常
• quite the contrary    正相反
• quite the thing    很时髦

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 完全, 徹底, 很, 相當, 頗, 的確如此
int. - 正是這樣!, 可不是嘛!

idioms:

• not quite    半信半疑, 不完全地, 差不多
• quite a    相當大或多的, 異常的, 出眾的
• quite a few    相當多
• quite another    完全是另一回事, 一個完全不同的
• quite something    非比尋常
• quite the contrary    正相反
• quite the thing    很時髦

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 완전히, 다소, 매우
int. - 그렇치, 그럼요

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - 全く, 絶対に, 少し足りない, かなり, 随分, 事実上, 確かに…, 実際に

idioms:

• not quite    全く～というわけではない
• quite a    相当な, なかなかの
• quite a few    かなり多数
• quite another    全くもう一つの
• quite something    大した物, まれな, とてもよい
• quite the contrary    全くの正反対
• quite the thing    流行っている事

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) تماما, كليه, إلى حد بعيد, فعلا (نداء) بالتأكيد, أجل, نعم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮למדי, בהחלט, במידה מסוימת, לגמרי, מאוד, די-, פחות או יותר‬
int. - ‮מילה המבטאת הבנה להערה או לאמירה או את הסכמה להן‬

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