English Dictionary

quite

IPA（発音記号）

/kwaɪt/

副詞

比較不可 古語 イギリス英語 特に

With verbs, especially past participles. / With prepositional phrases and spatial adverbs. / With predicative adjectives.

日本語の意味

完全に（動詞、特に過去分詞と組み合わせる場合、物事が全て完結している状態を示す） / かなり（述語形容詞と用いる場合、程度が高いことを強調する意味） / 十分にまたは非常に（前置詞句や空間副詞と結びつく場合、その範囲や程度を強調する）

She was quite convinced that the story was true.

彼女はその話が本当だと完全に確信していた。

意味（1）

With verbs, especially past participles.

Thus when they had the witch diſrobed quight, / And all her filthy feature open ſhowne, / They let her goe at will, and wander waies vnknowne.

意味（2）

With prepositional phrases and spatial adverbs.

Margaret passed quite through the pines, and reached the opening beyond which was what was once the yard, but was now, except for a strip of flower-border and turf which showed care, simply a tangle of bushes and briars.

意味（3）

With predicative adjectives.

El adrea was quite dead. No more will he slink silently upon his unsuspecting prey.

意味（4）

With attributive adjectives, following an (especially indefinite) article; chiefly as expressing contrast, difference etc.

When I warned him that his words might be offensive to identical twins, he said that identical twins were a quite different case.

意味（5）

Preceding nouns introduced by the indefinite article. Chiefly in negative constructions.

I ventured to hint that he was not quite a fair judge, as [Charles] Churchill had attacked him violently.

意味（6）

With adverbs of manner.

However, the proceedings were quite carefully orchestrated to produce what seemed to be a predetermined outcome.

意味（7）

Coming before the indefinite article and an attributive adjective. (Now largely merged with moderative senses, below.)

My little plot has been rather successful, after all, hasn't it? Quite a perfect success, said Drake.

意味（8）

With plain adjectives, past participles, and adverbs.

“My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. / Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. / “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”

意味（9）

Coming before the definite article and an attributive superlative.

Laploshka was one of the meanest men I have ever met, and quite one of the most entertaining.

意味（10）

Before a noun preceded by an indefinite article; now often with ironic implications that the noun in question is particularly noteworthy or remarkable.

To debauch the Indians with rum and cheat them of their land was quite a Government affair, and not at all criminal; but to use rum to cheat them of their peltry, was an abomination in the sight of the law.

意味（11）

Before a noun preceded by the definite article.

It is quite the proper thing for a lady to be on intimate, and even on affectionate, terms with her favourite clergyman, and Lizzie certainly had intercourse with no clergyman who was a greater favourite with her than Mr. Emilius.

意味（12）

(now rare) With prepositional or adverbial phrases.

意味（13）

(especially Britain) To a moderate extent or degree; somewhat, rather.

Mind your shoes, the basement is quite wet.