not quite

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not quite

adverb

idiomatic, not comparable almost, very nearly I felt uncomfortable, but not quite so after you arrived.

Opposite: quite, much

interjection

Indicates that the preceding statement, guess, or assumption was almost correct, but not completely accurate. From October 15 until the start of the tourist season in late May, the Eiffel Tower remains unlit. Not quite. If you contact the Service de I'Eclairage Publique […], you can arrange to have the Tower lit at a predetermined time, for an hour.

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adverb

Opposite: quite, much

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intj almost

Español	no del todo, no asaz, no exactamente, no precisamente, no completamente
Русский	не совсем ne sovsém

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@misc{not_quite_2026,
  title = {not quite},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/not%20quite},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}