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English
Determiner
quite a few
- 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:
Translations
indefinite and somewhat large number
- Bashkir: байтаҡ (baytaq), күп кенә (küp kenə)
- Catalan: bastant (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 好幾／好几 (zh) (hǎojǐ), 不少 (zh) (bùshǎo), 相當多／相当多 (xiāngdāng duō)
- Dutch: heel wat
- Finnish: aika moni, melko moni
- French: pas mal de (fr), nombre de (fr) m, bon nombre de (fr)
- Greek: αρκετός (el) (arketós)
- Italian: un bel po'
- Japanese: 少なからぬ (sukunakaranu), かなりの (ja) (kanari no)
- Macedonian: не баш малку (ne baš malku)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: en del
- Occitan: pas mau de
- Polish: sporo (pl)
- Portuguese: bastante (pt)
- Russian: не та́к уж ма́ло (ne ták už málo), дово́льно мно́го (dovólʹno mnógo)
- Scots: a guid pickle
- Slovak: hodne, viacero, nemálo
- Spanish: bastante (es)
- Swedish: ganska många
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Noun
quite a few
- An indefinite and somewhat large number.
2016, Walter Laqueur, Worlds Ago: A Memoir of My Journeying Years:About a third, perhaps more, were killed in the war; of the survivors quite a few were wounded, some severely.
Translations
Usage notes
- Quite a few indicates a relatively large amount; quite few, a very small one.
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