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quite

A2 adv

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  1. khá, hơi

    With verbs, especially past participles.

    not-comparable

    Nobuyoshi Araki has been called a monster, a pornographer and a genius—and the photographer quite agrees.

  2. khá, hơi

    With prepositional phrases and spatial adverbs.

    not-comparable

  3. khá, hơi

    With predicative adjectives.

    not-comparable

    El adrea was quite dead. No more will he slink silently upon his unsuspecting prey.

  4. khá, hơi

    With attributive adjectives, following an (especially indefinite) article; chiefly as expressing contrast, difference etc.

    not-comparable

    When I warned him that his words might be offensive to identical twins, he said that identical twins were a quite different case.

  5. khá, hơi

    Preceding nouns introduced by the indefinite article. Chiefly in negative constructions.

    not-comparable

    I ventured to hint that he was not quite a fair judge, as [Charles] Churchill had attacked him violently.

  6. khá, hơi

    With adverbs of manner.

    not-comparable

    However, the proceedings were quite carefully orchestrated to produce what seemed to be a predetermined outcome.

  7. khá, hơi

    Coming before the indefinite article and an attributive adjective. (Now largely merged with moderative senses, below.)

    not-comparable

    "My little plot has been rather successful, after all, hasn't it?" "Quite a perfect success," said Drake.

  8. khá, hơi

    With plain adjectives, past participles, and adverbs.

    not-comparable