Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Quite"

A: I would quite like that means that you quite like that idea of what the other person said.

A: There are two possible meanings here because the word 'like' has two meanings.

1. Like (verb) = to enjoy
2. Like (adverb) = to be similar

Quite = compared to something else the subject is very (something).

1. I quite like eating out.
Possible meaning: compared to eating at home, I like eating out very much.

2. Mary looks quite like her mother.
Possible meaning: compared to other people Mary looks very much like her mother.

A: quite= very = muito

A: Quite quer dizer um tanto, bastante, bem ou até completamente. O grau de intensidade de quite é “menos que muito e mais que um pouco”.

It's quite cold today. – Está bem frio hoje.
She's become quite famous after that movie. – Ela ficou bastante famosa depois daquele filme.
The drugstore it's not far, it's quite near.– A farmácia não fica longe; na verdade, fica bem perto.

A: @EvelynMariel: tranquilo

A: I don't quite understand what you mean.
I don't quite agree with what she said.
I don't quite enjoy musicals
I didn't quite forget what happened.

A: “there’s quite a lot of people here today.”
“it’s quite a beautiful day”
“for someone so mean, she has quite a lot of friends.”
“that’s quite a story!”
“she’s quite a loud person”

A: "My pinky toe is QUITE small."
"The White House is QUITE large."
"A is QUITE B."
"this store is QUITE busy."
"This woman is QUITE loud."

It is more subtle and more polite to say QUITE than VERY. Use it in place of "fitting" or "fittingly". If something is anything, it can be QUITE anything.

A: Isn't this quite enough, Jessi? Two brilliant, I mean, THREE brilliant examples....

A: The usage of the word "quite" in modern English is a paradox. It can mean two opposite things, but just for sure if you used it, it means "really or pretty".

A: Quite means almost. Ex: I am quite there (I am almost there).
It can also mean "so". Ex.: I'm not quite sure what she wants. (I'm not so sure what she wants).

Quiet means to make no noise at all, to remain silent.

They are also pronounced differently.

A: quite + adj
quite a bit+ prep + noun

He is quite smart.
He is quite a bit like his brother.

She is quite old.
It took her quite a bit of time to learn so much.

A: My English is quite good = my English is OK, like intermediate level
My English is very good = my English is advanced :) better than quite

or you can say ,
the weather is quite nice today so let's go for a walk. But if the weather is very nice we'll go to the beach :)

A: the test is pretty difficult (pretty is more informal)
the man is rather tall (more formal)
the woman is very old (more extreme)
the words are kind-of hard to read (more informal).

A: Quite is a bit. Happening a fair bit but not often enough to be very.
Very is a lot.

A: If I can only understand english, I'll be able to talk to people from the whole world?

is that what you mean?

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A: Mr. Westlake is quite wealthy.
It was quite impossible to understand these sounds.

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A: thanks a lot 😊. Can you check for me

A: @emmaflint0902 Thank you so much.🌻🌞

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