adv. of an exceptional, considerable, or noticeable kind; "quite a good film"; "quite an interesting thesis"

adv. "I rather regret that I cannot attend"

adv. intensifier, as in "pretty big"

adv. "Quite so!" "Quite the contrary!"

adv. to a remarkable degree or extent; "she was unusually tall"

adv. exceptionally; "a common remedy is uncommonly difficult to find"

adv. "He was particularly fussy about spelling"

adv. "The house was super clean for Mother's visit"

adv. "His arguments were somewhat self-contradictory"

adv. to a small degree; somewhat; "it's a bit warm"; "felt a little better"; "a trifle smaller"

adv. definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely'); "the results are surely encouraging"; "she certainly is a hard worker"; "it's going to be a good day for sure"; "they are coming, for certain"; "they thought he had been killed sure enough"; "he'll win sure as shooting"; "they sure smell good"; "sure he'll come"

adv. in accordance with truth or fact or reality; "she was now truly American"; "a genuinely open society"; "they don't really listen to us"