Quite

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Middle English: from the obsolete adjective quite, variant of quit1.


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A development of quit, influence by Anglo-Norman quite.

From Spanish quite.


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quite (adv.)

c. 1300, "completely, altogether, entirely, wholly," adverbial form of Middle English quit, quite (adj.) "free, clear" (see quit (adj.)). Originally "thoroughly;" the weaker sense of "fairly" is attested from mid-19c. For quite a few, etc., see few (adj.). In Middle English the adverb also could be quitely, quitelich, quitli (c. 1300).