Quite An

Definition: Quite An

Quite An

Adverb

1. 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".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Quite An

Crosswords: Quite An

Quite an experience to live in fear, isn't it? (Blade Runner; writing credit: Philip K. Dick; Hampton Fancher)

Well, you have quite an imagination, Harry. (Rat Race; writing credit: Andy Breckman)

That's quite an analysis. (Seconds; writing credit: Lewis John Carlino; David Ely)

You know, he did take quite an interest in your work the other day. (Columbo: Negative Reaction; writing credit: Peter S. Fischer)

Quite an Ordinary Knife (1967)

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Books

• Getting to Know Clemson Is Quite an Education: Determination Makes Dreams Come True (reference)

• Quite an undertaking : the story of Violet Guymer, Canada's first female licensed funeral director (reference)

  (more book examples)

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When you add it all up, peanuts aren't just peanuts-they're quite an important crop. The United States produces between 3 and 4 billion pounds of peanuts annually, and about 40 percent of these go into processed foods, from salted peanuts, candy, crackers, and cookies to peanut butter. They're a major source of vegetable oil too. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

Diagonal view of orchestra, proscenium and stage, curtains open. Copy of 1928 photo of completed theater interior, by Canfield and Shook, photographers, courtesy of Drew Eberson, Stamford, Connecticut. (Reproduction Number: HABS, KY,56-LOUVI,17-47) Going to the movies became quite an event in the 1920s. Large, urban motion picture "palaces" originally incorporated all the amenities found in live theaters, even out-doing them in scale and opulence and adding concert hall features such as great electric pipe organs and elaborately decorated lobbies. The Loew's Theatre chain hired nationally-known theater architect John Eberson, who designed this 1928 theater in a Spanish influenced style called Churrigueresque. Credit: Library of Congress.

Quite an AWOL problem. Credit: Library of Congress.

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As I am happily quite an altered creature in one respect, it is very fit that you should have the satisfaction of knowing it.

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Business

Hutchison Whampoa has a 70% stake within the Yantian project - quite an anomaly for Chinese port investment. (references)

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Expressions using "quite an": it was quite an event ♦ it was quite an occasion ♦ it's quite an acquisition!. Additional references.

Finnish

se oli elämys! (it was quite an e). (various references)

Hungarian

eseményszámba megy (it is quite an event). (various references)

Pig Latin

itequay anay

Romanian

fost ceva nemaipomenit (it was quite an event), e o adevãratã achiziţie (it's quite an acquisition). (various references)

Spanish

realmente fue un acontecimiento (it was quite an occasion). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: antique, quinate.

-1 letter: auntie, quaint, quinta, quinte.

-2 letters: entia, quant, quate, quean, quiet, quint, quite, tenia, tinea, unite, untie.

-3 letters: ante, anti, aunt, etna, etui, neat, nite, quai, quin, quit, tain, tine, tuna, tune, unai, unit.

-4 letters: ain, ait, ane, ani, ant, ate, eat, eau, eta, nae, net, nit, nut, qat, qua, tae, tan, tau, tea, ten.

+1 letter: antiqued, antiquer, antiques, equating, equation, equitant, quainter, quantile, quantize.

+2 letters: antiquate, antiquers, equations, quaintest, quantiles, quantized, quantizer, quantizes, quittance.

+3 letters: acquainted, antiplaque, antiquated, antiquates, aquatinted, aquatinter, banqueting, coequating, equanimity, equational, equestrian, equitation, equivalent, inadequate, inequality, parqueting, quaintness, quantified, quantifier, quantifies, quantitate, quantities, quantizers, quarantine, quartering, quaternion, quaternity, quittances, reacquaint, sequential, tranquiler.

+4 letters: acquiescent, acquirement, acquittance, antiquaries, antiquities, aquatinters, barquentine, bequeathing, equestrians, equidistant, equilibrant, equinoctial, equitations, equivalents, gigantesque, hindquarter, inequitable, inequitably, piquantness, quantifiers, quantitated, quantitates, quarantined, quarantines, quarterings, quaternions, questionary, reacquaints, squattering, tranquilest, tranquilize, tranquiller.