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# quite

«quite» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **fairly, more than a little but not very: quite good** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

1) Quite means fairly, more than a little but not very: quite good. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/quite/#m1)

2) Quite means completely, fully: I'm not quite ready. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/quite/#m2)

3) «Not quite» means almost but not right. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/quite/#m3)

4) «Quite a» means a lot of, or very: quite a crowd. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/quite/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

in «not quite» = not right yet (the teacher's mark of a wrong answer); in everyday life «quite good», «quite a few» (many), «quite right» (fully right); British speakers often use «quite» to mean «fairly», Americans often to mean «very»

### examples

- Are we not accounted by him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath also quite devoured our price. (Torah GEN.31.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/quite/#x1)
- Copyright infringement liability can be quite severe. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/quite/#x2)
- Quite recently, and since the completion of my translation, my attention has been drawn to a version by Isidor Kalisch, in which he has reproduced many of the valuable annotations of Meyer. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/quite/#x3)
- Thy bow is made quite bare; sworn are the rods of the word. (Prophets HAB.3.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/quite/#x4)
- Is it that I have no help in me, and that sound wisdom is driven quite from me? (Writings JOB.6.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/quite/#x5)
- Then Joab came to the king, and said: 'What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone? (Prophets 2SA.3.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/quite/#x6)
- Not quite: 3. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/quite/#x7)
- Not quite. Look at the word «each». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/quite/#x8)
- I'm not quite finished yet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/quite/#x9)
- The film was quite funny. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/quite/#x10)
- There were quite a few people at the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/quite/#x11)
- You are quite right! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/quite/#x12)
- It is quite cold today, so take a jumper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/quite/#x13)
- That was quite a long walk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/quite/#x14)
- He was quite a practical boy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/quite/#x15)

### note

Marks a wrong answer; no operation clue. Trap: «quite a few» means many, not few. Do not mix «quite» (fairly) with «quiet» (with little noise): the letters are close.

### In the corpora

- [Are we not accounted by him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath also quite devoured our price.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.949/)
- [Thy bow is made quite bare; sworn are the rods of the word.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/HAB.51/)
- [Is it that I have no help in me, and that sound wisdom is driven quite from me?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.130/)
- [A miscarriage is when a baby stops growing and dies early in pregnancy; it happens quite often and is nobody's fault.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/18-were-having-a-baby/18/)
- [Chatbots are trained to be pleasant: "Great question!" they say, even when you asked something quite ordinary.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/6-why-the-bot-agrees-too-easily/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «quite» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/quite/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.