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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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