quite a few
English 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.
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[1]:
- 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.