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"I am quite--quite safe And he, fancying the raging of the storm had disturbed her, made hushing answer, "Quite safe, wife of my heart She trembled a little, and nestled closer to his breast CHAPTER VII THE HONEYMOON You can't mean to let your wife stay here!"

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  1. adverb To the greatest extent; completely: quite alone; not quite finished. See Usage Note at perfect.
  2. adverb Actually; really: I'm quite positive about it.
  3. adverb To a degree; rather: quite soon; quite tasty.

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  • Lady Beresford had been just a little bit impressed, and the question was whether Nan ought not to be invited to a fair consideration of the matter as represented by Mr. Jacomb himself Well, Nan, if your mind is quite clear about it Oh it is, mother,' she answered eagerly, 'quite--quite That was an end. —  The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols
  • He shan't lose by this, I tell you Signy twined her arms round his neck, and whispered softly, "Brodhor, is it quite--quite right, do you think, to do what Uncle Brüs would be very angry about I don't think it's wrong any way," the lad replied. —  Viking Boys
  • "Well, I don't think it has made you look quite--quite--grown up enough BIOLOGY AT THE FRONT To the Editor of "The Times." —  Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 7, 1916
  • I inserted them all, and wished there had been more of them--quite original, sir, quite: took with the public, especially the essay about the non-existence of anything. —  Lavengro The Scholar - The Gypsy - The Priest, Vol. 1 (of 2)
  • Turning with quiet politeness to Foster, he asked him in broken French how he had come on board The youth explained in French quite as much broken as that of his interrogator D'you speak English?" —  The Middy and the Moors An Algerine Story
 

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  1. Middle English, from quite, clear, free, from Old French, from Latin quiētus, freed; see quiet.

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  1. Early modern English also, erroneously, quight; from Middle English quite, quyte, adverb, from quite, a.
 

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