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Only when used with non-gradable adjectives/adverbs (from the same surce: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/quite https://dictionary.camb
by guenthert 5y ago
Only 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.