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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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It's quite freezing. Does it mean 'it's completely freezing.'?
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It doesn't sound natural to me. In what context would you want to say this?
- It doesn't sound natural to me.
- In what context would you want to say this?
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It doesn't sound natural to me. In what context would you want to say this?
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I’m curious at the source of this sentence or partial quote.
“Quite” has several dictionary meanings, among which are both ‘completely’ and ‘somewhat’.
To say that something is ‘quite right’ is to say it is correct; but if it is ‘quite good’, there is room for improvement.
‘Quite nice’ has always annoyed me; because its idiomatic meaning is ‘not bad’ whereas its scientific meaning is ‘
“Quite” has several dictionary meanings, among which are both ‘completely’ and ‘somewhat’.
To say that something is ‘quite right’ is to say it is correct; but if it is ‘quite good’, there is room for improvement.
‘Quite nice’ has always annoyed me; because its idiomatic meaning is ‘not bad’ whereas its scientific meaning is ‘
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