quite a few
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[edit]Determiner
[edit]- An indefinite and somewhat large number; more than a few; a fair number of.
- I've watched quite a few basketball games in my time.
- 2022 May 20, ISP, quoting iSorrowproductions, What Happens When You Randomise EVERYTHING In Minecraft[1]:
- Well, they say money doesn't grow on trees, but what about iron helmets? I appear to have quite a few of those.
Synonyms
[edit]- (indefinite and somewhat large number): quite some (proscribed)
Translations
[edit]indefinite and somewhat large number
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Noun
[edit]- An indefinite and somewhat large number.
- 2016, Walter Laqueur, Worlds Ago: A Memoir of My Journeying Years[2]:
- About a third, perhaps more, were killed in the war; of the survivors quite a few were wounded, some severely.
Translations
[edit]large number
Usage notes
[edit]- Quite a few indicates a relatively large amount; quite few, a very small one.
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “quite a few”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.