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Quite loudly or quite loud?

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If I can use quite well , can I use quite loudly too?
As well as she dances very beautifully can I say She dances quite beautifully?
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You certainly can say she sings quite loudly and dances quite beautifully. Interesting, however, these would not suggest the same meaning: "sings quite loudly" would mean "moderately" loudly, it is useful to grade or show relative volumes. When people say "quite" in front of beautifully they are using it to intensify the beautifulness: "quite" is serving as "very" or "extremely".

— Suzi

  • You certainly can say she sings quite loudly and dances quite beautifully.
  • Interesting, however, these would not suggest the same meaning: "sings quite loudly" would mean "moderately" loudly, it is useful to grade or show relative volumes.
  • When people say "quite" in front of beautifully they are using it to intensify the beautifulness: "quite" is serving as "very" or "extremely".
  • I suppose this is puzzling, but must be to do with the idea that if you are going to say something is "beautiful" it is an extreme praise, so you do not then seek to moderate the praise!
  • ) By the way, she sounds like quite an extrovert!
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You certainly can say she sings quite loudly and dances quite beautifully.

Interesting, however, these would not suggest the same meaning:
"sings quite loudly" would mean "moderately" loudly, it is useful to grade or show relative volumes.

When people say "quite" in front of beautifully they are using it to intensify the beautifulness: "quite" is serving as "very" or "ext
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