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1522001 No.1522001 [Reply] [Original]

Settle an argument, define quite.

>> No.1522005 [DELETED] 

a nigger.

NEXT QUESTION.

>> No.1522007

apposite

next.....

>> No.1522008

quite = entirely

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>>1522007
>>1522005

>> No.1522012

>>1522011
settles argument

>> No.1522016

c'mon /lit/ a friend of mine takes quite to mean something similar to rather

like: that's rather a lot of pie you have there etc

I think it means less

>> No.1522024
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>>1522016
you're wrong your friend is right

/thread

>> No.1522025

>>1522016
>>1522007

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>>1522025
>wut

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>>1522030

>> No.1522042

ITT: BrE usage and AmE usage. Again.

>> No.1522044

>>1522042
must be quite trying for you

>> No.1522046

quite means "to a degree" (not used negatively)

It also has a Medieval/Renaissance meaning to 'repay'

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>>1522046
thanks

>> No.1522061

>>1522046
Quite right too