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say it: kwahyt
quite is an adverb meaning "to a degree (not used with a negative)". It carries 4 recorded senses.
to a degree (not used with a negative)
“quite tasty”
“quite soon”
“quite ill”
“quite rich”
to the greatest extent; completely
“you're quite right”
“she was quite alone”
“was quite mistaken”
“quite the opposite”
“not quite finished”
“did not quite make it”
actually or truly or to an extreme
“was quite a sudden change”
“it's quite the thing to do”
“quite the rage”
“Quite so!”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for quite come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.