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quite an
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial quite an has 1 sense
- quite an(r = adv.all) quite, quite a - of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative); "her victory was quite something"; "she's quite a girl"; "quite a film"; "quite a walk"; "we've had quite an afternoon"
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