Definition: quite

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

quite
     adv 1: to a degree (not used with a negative); "quite tasty";
            "quite soon"; "quite ill"; "quite rich" [syn: rather]
     2: to the greatest extent; completely; "you're quite right";
        "she was quite alone"; "was quite mistaken"; "quite the
        opposite"; "not quite finished"; "did not quite make it"
     3: of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind
        (not used with a negative); "her victory was quite
        something"; "she's quite a girl"; "quite a film"; "quite a
        walk"; "we've had quite an afternoon" [syn: quite a, quite
        an]
     4: actually or truly or to an extreme; "was quite a sudden
        change"; "it's quite the thing to do"; "quite the rage";
        "Quite so!"

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Quite \Quite\, v. t. & i.
   See Quit. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Quite \Quite\, adv. [F. quite discharged, free, clear; cf. OF.
   quitement freely, frankly, entirely. See Quit, a.]
   1. Completely; wholly; entirely; totally; perfectly; as, the
      work is not quite done; the object is quite accomplished;
      to be quite mistaken.

            Man shall not quite be lost, but saved who will.
                                                  --Milton.

            The same actions may be aimed at different ends, and
            arise from quite contrary principles. --Spectator.

   2. To a great extent or degree; very; very much;
      considerably. ``Quite amusing.'' --Macaulay.

            He really looks quite concerned.      --Landor.

            The island stretches along the land and is quite
            close to it.                          --Jowett
                                                  (Thucyd. ).