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• quite the — old fashioned phrase used for emphasizing your description or statement Young Cardew is quite the gentleman these days. I believe that shoulder length hair is quite the fashion. Thesaurus: ways of emphasizing what you are sayinghyponym to… …   Useful english dictionary

• quite the — old fashioned used for emphasizing your description or statement Young Cardew is quite the gentleman these days. I believe that shoulder length hair is quite the fashion …   English dictionary

• quite the something — ˈquite a/the sth idiom (also informal ˈquite some sth) used to show that a person or thing is particularly impressive or unusual in some way • She s quite a beauty. • …   Useful english dictionary

• quite the worst — quite the worst/the best/etc british phrase very much the worst the best etc He’s quite the most difficult person I’ve ever met. It’s quite the best party I’ve been to in a long time. Thesaurus: very and very much …   Useful english dictionary

• quite the best — quite the worst/the best/etc british phrase very much the worst the best etc He’s quite the most difficult person I’ve ever met. It’s quite the best party I’ve been to in a long time. Thesaurus: very and very much …   Useful english dictionary

• quite the contrary — see ↑contrary, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑quite * * * ˌquite the ˈcontrary idiom used to emphasize that the opposite of what has been said is true • I don t find him funny at all. Quite the contrary. Mai …   Useful english dictionary

• quite the opposite — quite the opposite/reverse/ phrase used for saying that something is the opposite of what has been suggested ‘Was he angry?’ ‘No, quite the opposite – he invited me to have dinner with him.’ Thesaurus: opposite and in the opposite waysynonym… …   Useful english dictionary

• quite the reverse — quite the opposite/reverse/ phrase used for saying that something is the opposite of what has been suggested ‘Was he angry?’ ‘No, quite the opposite – he invited me to have dinner with him.’ Thesaurus: opposite and in the opposite waysynonym… …   Useful english dictionary

• quite the thing — (quite) the thing informal phrase very fashionable or popular Baggy jeans have become quite the thing among teenagers. Thesaurus: modern and fashionable and up to datesynonym Main entry: thing * * * …   Useful english dictionary

• quite the little... — quite the little... spoken phrase used when you are annoyed about what someone has done and want to make it seem less important Quite the little hero, aren’t you? Thesaurus: ways of emphasizing when you are annoyed or angrysynonym Main entry:… …   Useful english dictionary

• quite the contrary — index contra Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary