Today the same word can mean 'wholly', 'to a considerable extent' ('Quite the little madam, aren't we?') or '(only) to some extent', 'partially' or 'somewhat' ('feeling quite tired'), though theoretical linguists explain this slightly differently: 'At the micro-level the lexical unit represents a case for contronymy of antonymy type if it can be subjected to gradation and if it comprises at least two senses which are contradictory within one aspect.'

But I'll beat the knave into a twiggen bottle.

burlywood:

His version of 'Myfanwy' was given the thumbs-up by CBS and we looked set fair. Set fair, that is, until one of their promotion guys heard it.