quite vs quiet
Definitions
adverb
- to a degree (not used with a negative)
- of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative)
- to the greatest extent; completely
- actually or truly or to an extreme
Examples
Tre is going to be on suntan lotion duty quite a lot on the cruise.
I had written quite a lot of orchestral music in my student days.
I think it's certainly quite a lot of the comedy that I've been involved in is quite extreme, if you like, and the extremity is part of what's funny about it.
Definitions
noun
- a period of calm weather
- an untroubled state; free from disturbances
- the absence of sound
- a disposition free from stress or emotion
verb
- become quiet or quieter
- make calm or still
adjective
- (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
- not showy or obtrusive
- (of the sun) characterized by a low level of surface phenomena, such as sunspots
- characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
- free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound
adverb
- with little or no activity or no agitation (`quiet' is a nonstandard variant for `quietly')
Examples
She is simply bartering goodies in return for comparative quietness.
‘I want to come back when it's a bit quieter,’ I shouted over the din of amplified music, throbbing diesel generators and rattling joy rides.
Once upon a time there was an old sow of impeccable reputation who lived a quiet life inside a busy farmyard.
