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Contraposition Posted 10 years ago
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What does "as he would have done without it" mean?

There was Mad-Eye Moody, looking quite as sinister with his bowler hat pulled low over his magical eye as he would have done without it, his gnarled hands clutching a long staff, his body wrapped in a voluminous traveling cloak.
  

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Think of it this way. There was Mad-Eye Moody, looking quite as sinister with his bowler hat pulled low over his magical eye as he would have looked without his bowler hat pulled low over his magical eye, his gnarled hands clutching a long staff, his body wrapped in a voluminous traveling cloak. OK?

— Clive

  • Think of it this way.
  • There was Mad-Eye Moody, looking quite as sinister with his bowler hat pulled low over his magical eye as he would have looked without his bowler hat pulled low over his magical eye, his gnarled hands clutching a long staff, his body wrapped in a voluminous traveling cloak.
  • OK?
  • Or do you need more explanation?
  • Clive
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Think of it this way.

There was Mad-Eye Moody, looking quite as sinister with his bowler hat pulled low over his magical eye as he would have looked without his bowler hat pulled low over his magical eye, his gnarled hands clutching a long staff, his body wrapped in a voluminous traveling cloak.

OK? Or do you need more explanation?
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Thank you for your answering. But what does 'quite' mean here? This word is always confusing.
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contraposition But what does 'quite' mean here?
Just, or equally.
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quite as sinister equally sinister./ sinister to the same degree

There is also often a subtle implication of surprise.
eg
A: I think you are taller than Mary.
B: No, she is quite as tall as me.

Clive
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