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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative)
Example:
we've had quite an afternoon
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Context examples:
We’ve known for quite a while that education appears to be a protective factor against Alzheimer’s.
(Researchers identify genetic links to educational attainment, NIH)
He has the sugar of his tea spread out on the window-sill, and is reaping quite a harvest of flies.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Where we were I did not know, though there was quite a likelihood that we were in the vicinity of the Ghost.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
It's quite a substantial effect for such a small amount of food, he added.
(Daily Handful of Nuts Reduces Disease Risk, VOA)
I gave a few halloa, took to my heels, collared my gentleman, and brought him back to where there was already quite a group about the screaming child.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
I suppose your brother was quite a beau, Miss Dashwood, before he married, as he was so rich?
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
It was quite a different sort of thing, a sentiment distinct and independent.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
It was quite a quarter of an hour before I got my mouth free.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"I read your 'Ring of Bells' in one of the magazines quite a time ago," he said.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
She is quite a little creature.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
