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Contraposition Posted 11 years ago
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I was quite surprised by that.

I was quite surprised by that.

Here, does quite mean fairly or very?
  

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Quite normally means 'fairly' before gradable adjectives, such as surprised. It means 'completely' before non-gradable adjectives, such as astonished.

— Fivejedjon

  • Quite normally means 'fairly' before gradable adjectives, such as surprised.
  • It means 'completely' before non-gradable adjectives, such as astonished.
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Quite normally means 'fairly' before gradable adjectives, such as surprised.
It means 'completely' before non-gradable adjectives, such as astonished.
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contraposition I was quite surprised by that. Here, does quite mean fairly or very?
I normally take 'quite' to mean 'completely', but that might be American English, or maybe even my personal English.
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