Idiom
not quite
Meaning
almost, very nearly
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“That is not quite the right answer.”
“I thought I finished the report on time, but it is not quite ready for the meeting yet.”
“Although the painting is not quite finished, the artist has already captured the subtle light of the morning perfectly.”
Examples
simple
“That is not quite the right answer.”
contextual
“I thought I finished the report on time, but it is not quite ready for the meeting yet.”
complex
“Although the painting is not quite finished, the artist has already captured the subtle light of the morning perfectly.”
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