quite meaning and definition

QUITE adverb

Definition of quite (adverb)

1. to a degree (not used with a negative)
   • "quite tasty"; "quite soon"; "quite ill"; "quite rich"
   • synonyms: rather
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. 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"
   • synonyms: quite a, quite an
4. actually or truly or to an extreme
   • "was quite a sudden change"; "it's quite the thing to do"; "quite the rage"; "Quite so!"