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Asked on March 27, 2021 in Other.
I don’t agree with the ranking of quite and very in the accepted answer. The basic meaning of quite is “totally or completely”. to an extreme : positively quite
sure—often used as an intensifier with a,
quite a swell guy quite a beauty 3 : to a considerable extent : rather quite near.
The Oxford On-Line Dictionary has a similar definition:
1 To the utmost extent or degree; absolutely.
Is it true that all computers are different? 1 US Very; really (used as an intensifier)
2 Or, to a certain or fairly significant extent or degree; fairly.
Because we are just dealing with nuance rather than meaning, I would add that very is so overused that often it doesn’t intensify to a (very) great degree.
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