quite

• POS: Adverb
• COUNT in NET: 19 in 19 verses (in OT : 12 in 12 verses) (in NT : 7 in 7 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

quite, v. t. & i. 

 See Quit.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]

quite, adv. [F. quitte discharged, free, clear; cf. OF. quitement freely, frankly, entirely. See Quit, a.].

•  Completely; wholly; entirely; totally; perfectly; as, the work is not quite done; the object is quite accomplished; to be quite mistaken.  [1913 Webster]

  "Man shall not quite be lost, but saved who will."  [1913 Webster]

  "The same actions may be aimed at different ends, and arise from quite contrary principles."  [1913 Webster]
•  To a great extent or degree; very; very much; considerably.  Macaulay.  [1913 Webster]

  "He really looks quite concerned."  [1913 Webster]

  "The island stretches along the land and is quite close to it."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

quite, adv.
1 completely; entirely; wholly; to the utmost extent; in the fullest sense.
2 somewhat; rather; to some extent.
3 (often foll. by so) said to indicate agreement.

Idiom

quite another (or other) very different (that's quite another matter). quite a few colloq. a fairly large number of. quite something a remarkable thing.

Etymology

ME f. obs. quite (adj.) = QUIT

THESAURUS

quite

OK, Roger, a bit, a little, absolutely, actually, all, all in all, all right, all told, almighty, alright, alrighty, altogether, amen, as you say, assuredly, awfully, aye, by all means, certainly, clean, clearly, cleverly, completely, considerably, da, decidedly, definitely, demonstrably, entirely, exactly, exceedingly, extremely, fairly, far, fine, for a certainty, for real, fully, hear, honestly, in a measure, in a way, in all, in all conscience, in some measure, in toto, indeed, indeedy, indubitably, irretrievably, irrevocably, it is that, ja, just, just so, kind of, mais oui, manifestly, mightily, mighty, moderately, most assuredly, naturally, naturellement, noticeably, observably, obviously, of course, okay, only too, oui, patently, perfectly, plain, plumb, positively, powerful, powerfully, precisely, pretty, purely, rather, real, really, relatively, right, right as rain, right you are, righto, scarcely, sensibly, seriously, sheer, significantly, slightly, so, somewhat, sort of, stark, sure, sure thing, surely, terribly, terrifically, that is so, thoroughly, to a degree, to be sure, to some extent, totally, truly, unambiguously, undeniably, undoubtedly, unequivocally, unmistakably, unrelievedly, unreservedly, utterly, verily, very, very much, very well, visibly, well and good, wholly, why yes, without doubt, yea, yeah, yep, yes, yes indeed, yes indeedy, yes sir, yes sirree, you are right, you said it, you speak truly

ROGET THESAURUS

quite

Completeness

N completeness, completion, integration, allness, entirety, perfection, solidity, solidarity, unity, all, ne plus ultra, ideal, limit, complement, supplement, make-weight, filling, up, impletion, saturation, saturity, high water, high tide, flood tide, spring tide, fill, load, bumper, bellyful, brimmer, sufficiency, complete, entire, whole, perfect, full, good, absolute, thorough, plenary, solid, undivided, with all its parts, all- sided, exhaustive, radical, sweeping, thorough-going, dead, regular, consummate, unmitigated, sheer, unqualified, unconditional, free, abundant, brimming, brimful, topful, topfull, chock full, choke full, as full as an egg is of meat, as full as a vetch, saturated, crammed, replete, fraught, laden, full-laden, full-fraught, full-charged, heavy laden, completing, supplemental, supplementary, ascititious, completely, altogether, outright, wholly, totally, in toto, quite, all out, over head and ears, effectually, for good and all, nicely, fully, through thick and thin, head and shoulders, neck and heel, neck and crop, in all respects, in every respect, at all points, out and out, to all intents and purposes, toto coelo, utterly, clean, clean as a whistle, to the full, to the utmost, to the backbone, hollow, stark, heart and soul, root and branch, down to the ground, to the top of one's bent, as far as possible, a outrance, throughout, from first to last, from beginning to end, from end to end, from one end to the other, from Dan to Beersheba, from head to foot, from top to toe, from top to bottom, de fond en comble, a fond, a capite ad calcem, ab ovo usque ad mala, fore and aft, every, whit, every inch, cap-a-pie, to the end of the chapter, up to the brim, up to the ears, up to the eyes, as a as can be, on all accounts, sous tous les rapports, with a vengeance, with a witness, falsus in uno falsus in omnibus, false in one thing, false in everything, omnem movere lapidem, una scopa nuova spazza bene.