quite

wholly, completely

The first known use: in the 14th century

Word Structure

5 Letters, 1 Syllable

quite


4 Phonemes

k w I t


onset, rime

q uite


Morpheme

quite


Local Voices

Cyprus

Sentence Examples

“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.

That is not quite what I said.

Common Phrases

quite something

Related Words

absolutely

actually

altogether

entirely

fully

largely

Collocations

Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary

quite a few

quite the contrary

not quite the thing

Neighborhood

Rhymes

bite

bright

fight

kite

light

might

night

right

sight

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