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quite an

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. quite, quite a, quite anadverb

    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"

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  1. quite an

    "Quite an" is a phrase often used to emphasize and intensify the impact or level of the noun or adjective that follows it. It implies that something or someone is particularly or remarkably in degree of the specified quality or condition, exceeding the usual or expected extent. For example, "She's quite an artist" suggests that she's especially talented in art.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of quite an in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of quite an in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of quite an in a Sentence

  1. John Kennedy:

    Mostly we didn't interrupt The President. We let The President talk. The President talked for 45 minutes about quite an array of subjects, it was a very honest, unvarnished, here's - what-I'm - thinking speech.

  2. Paul Williams:

    He was all on his own in the field pulling these funny faces and I just couldnt resist, it was quite an uplifting and hilarious moment.

  3. Ilya Novikov:

    It is quite an expected decision after yesterday's [ decision of the Supreme Court to shut down Memorial International ]. We did not have any illusions about the hearing today, but it is crucial that those persecutions did not discourage people and I think will not make people to stop their human rights work. The legal entity can be liquidated but the work remains and people remain.

  4. Luke Yardley:

    It’s quite an extreme response to just fully ban it.

  5. The Russian:

    I was even thinking during the match that some of you guys stayed... I heard somebody was yawning though sometimes during the match, i'm sorry, I thought it was quite an exciting match.

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