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> Quite uniform != completely uniform Don't know if you're a non-native speaker, but no 'quite' usually does means 'completely'! https://dictionary.cambridge.
by chrisseaton 5y ago
> Quite uniform != completely uniform
Don't know if you're a non-native speaker, but no 'quite' usually does means 'completely'!
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/quite https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/quite
- guenthert 5y agoOnly when used with non-gradable adjectives/adverbs (from the same surce: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/quite https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/qui... ) (and yes, uniform, is quite non-gradable) (non-native speaker here, quite frustrated about the quite different meanings of 'quite')
- chrisseaton 5y ago'Quite dead' for example means completely dead.
- Dylan16807 5y agoOnly because dead is so binary. Any moderately intense modifier on "dead" signifies complete death, even though it won't mean 'completely' with most terms.