quite a few

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quite a few

determiner

  1. An indefinite and somewhat large number; more than a few; a fair number of; quite a lot. I've watched quite a few basketball games in my time.

    Similar: quite some

noun

  1. An indefinite and somewhat large number. About a third, perhaps more, were killed in the war; of the survivors quite a few were wounded, some severely.

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det indefinite and somewhat large number

Españolbastante
日本語少なからぬ sukunakaranu, かなりの kanari no
中文好幾 /好几 hǎojǐ, 不少 bùshǎo, 相當多 /相当多 xiāngdāng duō
Portuguêsbastante
Françaispas mal de, nombre de, bon nombre de
Italianoun bel po'
Ελληνικάαρκετός arketós
Русскийне та́к уж ма́ло ne ták už málo, дово́льно мно́го dovólʹno mnógo

noun large number

中文好幾 /好几 hǎojǐ, 不少 bùshǎo, 相當多 /相当多 xiāngdāng duō
Portuguêsbastantes
Françaisun bon nombre, pas mal
Русскийдовольно много dovolʹno mnogo

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@misc{quite_a_few_2026,
  title = {quite a few},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/quite%20a%20few},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}