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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. 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. Garth Brooks:

    This has been quite an emotional morning for people trying to get tickets and for people trying to sell tickets, this show will be on Mother’s Day Weekend, I think that adds a huge amount of emotion to the mix. I would like to thank the people that showed up today to buy tickets. You have all of my love and gratitude and please accept my apologies for the frustration. I would also like to thank the people that tried to sell tickets today, you have all of my love and gratitude and I sympathize with your frustration.

  2. Rocky Wirtz:

    I think if you know Kyle ... you'll realize that he's his own person, he has his own philosophies. ... (It) is quite an advantage, to be both a fresh thinker and a open-minded thinker, but also understand our starting point very expertly. So you kind of get the best of both worlds in that sense.

  3. Steve Freel:

    Wyoming right now is booming, the crime rate in Casper is not high but we've seen quite an increase over the last six months.

  4. Tara Lipinski:

    Records are made to be broken, it is quite an honor that she is the one to do it. What a phenomenal talent.

  5. David Fleming:

    It's not necessarily against a system that it collapses, because most systems do collapse in the end. That’s a part of the wheel of life - systems do collapse. So I’m to some extent slightly inclined to forgive capitalism for being about to collapse. I mean there are lots of fine things, lots of love affairs and the like which have come to a sticky end. On the other hand, it is quite an accusation - quite hard for it to live down - that it's going to destroy the entire planet with it.

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