quyght

Adverb

quite (not comparable)

1. With verbs, especially past participles.
   • Thus when they had the witch diſrobed quight, / And all her filthy feature open ſhowne, / They let her goe at will, and wander waies vnknowne.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 49, page 118

   Synonyms:

   very, absolutely, fully, thoroughly, totally, utterly, all-out, tout à fait, all the way, stone-cold

2. With prepositional phrases and spatial adverbs.
   • Margaret passed quite through the pines, and reached the opening beyond which was what was once the yard, but was now, except for a strip of flower-border and turf which showed care, simply a tangle of bushes and briars.1891, Thomas Nelson Page, On Newfound River

   Synonyms:

   very, absolutely, fully, thoroughly, totally, utterly, all-out, tout à fait, all the way, stone-cold

3. With predicative adjectives.
   • El adrea was quite dead. No more will he slink silently upon his unsuspecting prey.1915 December 4 – 1916 January 8, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter V, in The Son of Tarzan, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., published March 1917, →OCLC, pages 66–67

   Synonyms:

   very, absolutely, fully, thoroughly, totally, utterly, all-out, tout à fait, all the way, stone-cold

4. With attributive adjectives, following an (especially indefinite) article; chiefly as expressing contrast, difference etc.
   • When I warned him that his words might be offensive to identical twins, he said that identical twins were a quite different case.2003, Richard Dawkins, A Devil's Chaplain

   Synonyms:

   very, absolutely, fully, thoroughly, totally, utterly, all-out, tout à fait, all the way, stone-cold

5. Preceding nouns introduced by the indefinite article. Chiefly in negative constructions.
   • I ventured to hint that he was not quite a fair judge, as [Charles] Churchill had attacked him violently.1791, James Boswell, “[1763]”, in James Boswell, editor, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. […], volume I, London: […] Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, […], →OCLC, page 227

   Synonyms:

   very, absolutely, fully, thoroughly, totally, utterly, all-out, tout à fait, all the way, stone-cold

6. With adverbs of manner.
   • However, the proceedings were quite carefully orchestrated to produce what seemed to be a predetermined outcome.2009, John F. Schmutz, The Battle of the Crater: A complete history

   Synonyms:

   very, absolutely, fully, thoroughly, totally, utterly, all-out, tout à fait, all the way, stone-cold

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