quite

• adv.非常に、かなり、完全に

中英語のquit、quiteから、借金を清算する、自由になる。副詞の意味から派生した。進化 比較すると、even, just, very.

quite

quite: [14] Quite is essentially the same word as the adjective quit ‘free, absolved, discharged, cleared’ (which in Middle English commonly took the alternative form quite). It came to be used as an adverb meaning ‘thoroughly, clearly’. The weaker modern sense ‘fairly’ did not develop until as recently as the mid-19th century.
=> quit

quite (adv.)

early 14c., 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.

1. Failure is never quite so frightening as regret do.

失敗よりも恐ろしいのは後悔だ。

毎日一言

2.I know it 's nothing serious and I feel quite unemotional about it.

それは大したことではないことを知っているので、少し無関心です。

3.I would imagine she 's quite lonely living on her own.

彼女は一人で過ごすのはきっと孤独だと思います。

4.I got quite a lot of ribbing from my team-mates.

チームメイトたちはよく冗談を言ってくれた。

5.She was afraid in a way that was quite new to her.

彼女はかつてない恐怖を感じた。