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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative)
Example:
we've had quite an afternoon
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Context examples:
You’re quite an individual.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Yes, you, rich—quite an heiress.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
When I tell you that his shoes were square-toed instead of being pointed like Blessington’s, and were quite an inch and a third longer than the doctor’s, you will acknowledge that there can be no doubt as to his individuality.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Many crows and other birds flew into the cornfield, but as soon as they saw me they flew away again, thinking I was a Munchkin; and this pleased me and made me feel that I was quite an important person.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
I assure you, it's quite an old story, my unfortunate hair.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Mr. Wingfield told me that he has never known them more general or heavy—except when it has been quite an influenza.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
MY girls were nothing to her, and yet they used to be foolish enough; but as for Miss Marianne, she is quite an altered creature.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
This will be quite an expansive time because during this year, you will gradually see your dreams, talents, and personal life in a new light.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
He was young—perhaps from twenty- eight to thirty—tall, slender; his face riveted the eye; it was like a Greek face, very pure in outline: quite a straight, classic nose; quite an Athenian mouth and chin.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Not a very splendid show, but there was a great deal of love done up in the few little bundles, and the tall vase of red roses, white chrysanthemums, and trailing vines, which stood in the middle, gave quite an elegant air to the table.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
