not-quiteadj.adv.n.

Brit.

/nɒtˈkwʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˌnɑtˈkwaɪt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: not adv., quite adv.

Etymology: < not adv. + quite adv.

A. adj.

1. Not wholly socially acceptable or respectable. Cf. quite adv., adj., and int.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [adjective]

evil971

lowc1175

poor?c1225

feeblec1275

vilea1300

petty1372

unthende1377

secondary1386

petitc1390

unmeeta1393

illa1400

commonc1400

coarse1424

indigent1426

unlikelyc1450

lesser1464

gross1474

naughty1526

inferior1531

reprobate?1545

slender1577

unlikely1578

puny1579

under1580

wooden1592

sordid1596

puisne1598

provant1601

subministrant1604

inferious1607

sublunary1624

indifferent1638

undermatched1642

unworthy1646

underly1648

turncoated1650

female1652

undergraduate1655

farandinical1675

baddishc1736

ungenerous1745

understrapping1762

tinnified1794

demi-semi1805

shabby1805

dicky1819

poor white1821

tin-pot1838

deterior1848

substandard1850

crumby1859

cheesy1863

po'1866

not-quite1867

rocky1873

mouldy1876

low-grade1878

sketchy1878

midget1879

junky1880

ullaged1892

abysmal1904

bodgie1905

junk1908

crap1936

ropy1941

bodger1945

two-star1951

tripey1955

manky1958

schlocky1960

cack1978

wank1991

bowf1994

1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset I. xlii. 371 Still he wasn't quite,—not quite, you know—‘not quite so much of a gentleman as I am,’—Mr Walker would have said, had he spoken out freely that which he insinuated. But he contented himself with the emphasis he put upon the ‘not quite’, which expressed his meaning fully.

1915 V. Woolf Voy. Out xi. 159 Mr. Perrott..knew that he was not ‘quite’, as Susan stated..; not quite a gentleman she meant.

1930 C. Williams Poetry at Present 165 That awful moment when..one feels that one is ‘not quite’.

1955 N. Marsh Scales of Justice xii. 236 Kitty, over-painted, knowledgeable, fantastically ‘Not-quite’.

1962 Punch 15 Aug. 241/3 Marriage by special licence will be Not Quite.

2. Not having all the characteristics of the thing specified; (also) not wholly committed or involved.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [adjective]

twiredec888

orrathc1175

twofoldc1175

twifoldc1200

waveringc1315

uncertain1382

suspensec1440

mammeringa1450

flowing?1504

floghtering1521

vacillant1521

in a mammering1532

double-minded1552

unstaid1561

unresolute1570

unresolved?1571

staggeringa1577

frittle1579

irresolute1579

cheverel1583

off and on1583

halting1585

unsettleda1593

unresolving1599

demurring1607

waving1611

suspensive1614

hoveringa1616

startling1619

irresolved1621

hesitating1622

indetermined1628

variousa1643

branling1645

hesitant1647

non-sincere1656

hesitatious1657

humdrum1660

shuttlecock1660

yea-and-nay1672

swaying1688

interpendent1708

undetermined1718

Squadronec1720

hesitatorya1734

volanta1734

shilly-shally1734

dilly-dally1749

niffy-naffy1765

wiggle-waggle1778

undecided1779

undecisive1780

indecisive1787

conflicted1789

hesitative1795

undeciding1802

vacillating1814

yea-nay1827

demurrant1836

willy-nilly1839

shilly-shallying1842

oscillative1852

Hamletish1854

vacillatory1854

dilly-dallying1879

thistledown1897

weak-principled1913

not-quite1920

off-again on-again1923

dithery1931

havering1975

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > [adjective] > not respectable

disrespectable1813

irrespectable1890

not-quite1920

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [adjective] > in specific way: defective or faulty > that falls short

short1390

half-strained1683

unheavenly1752

unsplendid1809

unparadised1829

off-colour1876

sketchy1878

shortcoming1889

not-quite1920

1920 D. H. Lawrence Let. 28 May (1962) I. 632 There is always a kind of half-measure, half-length, ‘not quite’ feeling about.

1961 M. Beadle These Ruins are Inhabited (1963) vii. 96 We awoke on Sunday to not-quite-fog.

1989 C. Shields Orange Fish (1990) 21 The gravest possible pleasure was offered and seized, this hugging, this not-quite kiss.

B. adv.

In compounds with an attributive adjective. Not entirely or completely; nearly, almost.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adverb] > almost or nearly

nigheOE

well-nigheOE

forneanc1000

well-nearc1175

almostc1261

nighwhatc1300

nearhandc1350

nigh handa1375

nigh handsa1375

as good asc1390

into (right) littlea1413

unto litea1420

nigh byc1430

nearbyc1485

near handsa1500

as near as1517

mosta1538

next door1542

wellmost1548

all but1590

anewst1590

uneath1590

next to1611

nearlya1616

thereaboutsa1616

welly1615

thereabout1664

within (an) ames-ace ofa1670

anear1675

pretty much1682

three parts1711

newsta1728

only not1779

partly1781

in all but name1824

just about1836

nentes1854

near1855

nar1859

just1860

not-quite1870

nearabouta1878

effectively1884

nigh on1887

1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh I. 160 A long and not quite harmonious interview with his wife.

1915 F. M. Hueffer Good Soldier i. iii. 38 You never can tell what may go on behind even a not quite spotless plastron!

1931 W. Faulkner Sanctuary xix. 203 The two girls sat together..preening not-quite-formless fingers about their close heads.

1940 W. Faulkner Hamlet i. i. 20 The other [face] pumping up and down with metronome-like regularity to the wheel's not-quite-musical complaint.

1944 W. H. Auden Sea & Mirror iii. 30 The notable absence of the slightest shiver or not-quite-inhibited sneeze.

1975 M. Babson There must be some Mistake xiii. 93 Karen and Jill exchanged glances of not-quite-mock despair.

1996 Independent 29 Jan. ii. 14/2 Maybe it was because I started out with a not-quite-finished beta copy of the software that it knocked out all my other services.

C. n.

Someone or something which is not quite all that might be expected; spec. someone who is not wholly socially acceptable.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > [noun] > instance of

inaccuracy1690

inaccurateness1699

inexactness1828

inexactitude1875

not-quite1948

1948 L. MacNeice Holes in Sky 39 He spelled out True and Good, With their interleaving of half-truths and not-quites.

1968 ‘Han Suyin’ Birdless Summer 281 The ‘half-caste’. The Anglo-Indian, the chi-chi, the not-quite.

1985 B. Mukherjee Lady from Lucknow in M. Atwood & R. Weaver Oxf. Bk. Canad. Short Stories (1986) 353 In his grey wool slacks and tweed jacket, he looked too old, too respectable, for any solid dalliance with a not-quite's wife.

1997 Car Mar. 167/1 The not-quite-GTI sector has always been a hinterland of wannabes and not-quites.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	not-quite
释义	not-quiteadj.adv.n. Brit. /nɒtˈkwʌɪt/, U.S. /ˌnɑtˈkwaɪt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: not adv., quite adv. Etymology: < not adv. + quite adv. A. adj. 1. Not wholly socially acceptable or respectable. Cf. quite adv., adj., and int. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [adjective] evil971 lowc1175 poor?c1225 feeblec1275 vilea1300 petty1372 unthende1377 secondary1386 petitc1390 unmeeta1393 illa1400 commonc1400 coarse1424 indigent1426 unlikelyc1450 lesser1464 gross1474 naughty1526 inferior1531 reprobate?1545 slender1577 unlikely1578 puny1579 under1580 wooden1592 sordid1596 puisne1598 provant1601 subministrant1604 inferious1607 sublunary1624 indifferent1638 undermatched1642 unworthy1646 underly1648 turncoated1650 female1652 undergraduate1655 farandinical1675 baddishc1736 ungenerous1745 understrapping1762 tinnified1794 demi-semi1805 shabby1805 dicky1819 poor white1821 tin-pot1838 deterior1848 substandard1850 crumby1859 cheesy1863 po'1866 not-quite1867 rocky1873 mouldy1876 low-grade1878 sketchy1878 midget1879 junky1880 ullaged1892 abysmal1904 bodgie1905 junk1908 crap1936 ropy1941 bodger1945 two-star1951 tripey1955 manky1958 schlocky1960 cack1978 wank1991 bowf1994 1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset I. xlii. 371 Still he wasn't quite,—not quite, you know—‘not quite so much of a gentleman as I am,’—Mr Walker would have said, had he spoken out freely that which he insinuated. But he contented himself with the emphasis he put upon the ‘not quite’, which expressed his meaning fully. 1915 V. Woolf Voy. Out xi. 159 Mr. Perrott..knew that he was not ‘quite’, as Susan stated..; not quite a gentleman she meant. 1930 C. Williams Poetry at Present 165 That awful moment when..one feels that one is ‘not quite’. 1955 N. Marsh Scales of Justice xii. 236 Kitty, over-painted, knowledgeable, fantastically ‘Not-quite’. 1962 Punch 15 Aug. 241/3 Marriage by special licence will be Not Quite. 2. Not having all the characteristics of the thing specified; (also) not wholly committed or involved. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [adjective] twiredec888 orrathc1175 twofoldc1175 twifoldc1200 waveringc1315 uncertain1382 suspensec1440 mammeringa1450 flowing?1504 floghtering1521 vacillant1521 in a mammering1532 double-minded1552 unstaid1561 unresolute1570 unresolved?1571 staggeringa1577 frittle1579 irresolute1579 cheverel1583 off and on1583 halting1585 unsettleda1593 unresolving1599 demurring1607 waving1611 suspensive1614 hoveringa1616 startling1619 irresolved1621 hesitating1622 indetermined1628 variousa1643 branling1645 hesitant1647 non-sincere1656 hesitatious1657 humdrum1660 shuttlecock1660 yea-and-nay1672 swaying1688 interpendent1708 undetermined1718 Squadronec1720 hesitatorya1734 volanta1734 shilly-shally1734 dilly-dally1749 niffy-naffy1765 wiggle-waggle1778 undecided1779 undecisive1780 indecisive1787 conflicted1789 hesitative1795 undeciding1802 vacillating1814 yea-nay1827 demurrant1836 willy-nilly1839 shilly-shallying1842 oscillative1852 Hamletish1854 vacillatory1854 dilly-dallying1879 thistledown1897 weak-principled1913 not-quite1920 off-again on-again1923 dithery1931 havering1975 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > [adjective] > not respectable disrespectable1813 irrespectable1890 not-quite1920 the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [adjective] > in specific way: defective or faulty > that falls short short1390 half-strained1683 unheavenly1752 unsplendid1809 unparadised1829 off-colour1876 sketchy1878 shortcoming1889 not-quite1920 1920 D. H. Lawrence Let. 28 May (1962) I. 632 There is always a kind of half-measure, half-length, ‘not quite’ feeling about. 1961 M. Beadle These Ruins are Inhabited (1963) vii. 96 We awoke on Sunday to not-quite-fog. 1989 C. Shields Orange Fish (1990) 21 The gravest possible pleasure was offered and seized, this hugging, this not-quite kiss. B. adv. In compounds with an attributive adjective. Not entirely or completely; nearly, almost. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adverb] > almost or nearly nigheOE well-nigheOE forneanc1000 well-nearc1175 almostc1261 nighwhatc1300 nearhandc1350 nigh handa1375 nigh handsa1375 as good asc1390 into (right) littlea1413 unto litea1420 nigh byc1430 nearbyc1485 near handsa1500 as near as1517 mosta1538 next door1542 wellmost1548 all but1590 anewst1590 uneath1590 next to1611 nearlya1616 thereaboutsa1616 welly1615 thereabout1664 within (an) ames-ace ofa1670 anear1675 pretty much1682 three parts1711 newsta1728 only not1779 partly1781 in all but name1824 just about1836 nentes1854 near1855 nar1859 just1860 not-quite1870 nearabouta1878 effectively1884 nigh on1887 1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh I. 160 A long and not quite harmonious interview with his wife. 1915 F. M. Hueffer Good Soldier i. iii. 38 You never can tell what may go on behind even a not quite spotless plastron! 1931 W. Faulkner Sanctuary xix. 203 The two girls sat together..preening not-quite-formless fingers about their close heads. 1940 W. Faulkner Hamlet i. i. 20 The other [face] pumping up and down with metronome-like regularity to the wheel's not-quite-musical complaint. 1944 W. H. Auden Sea & Mirror iii. 30 The notable absence of the slightest shiver or not-quite-inhibited sneeze. 1975 M. Babson There must be some Mistake xiii. 93 Karen and Jill exchanged glances of not-quite-mock despair. 1996 Independent 29 Jan. ii. 14/2 Maybe it was because I started out with a not-quite-finished beta copy of the software that it knocked out all my other services. C. n. Someone or something which is not quite all that might be expected; spec. someone who is not wholly socially acceptable. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > [noun] > instance of inaccuracy1690 inaccurateness1699 inexactness1828 inexactitude1875 not-quite1948 1948 L. MacNeice Holes in Sky 39 He spelled out True and Good, With their interleaving of half-truths and not-quites. 1968 ‘Han Suyin’ Birdless Summer 281 The ‘half-caste’. The Anglo-Indian, the chi-chi, the not-quite. 1985 B. Mukherjee Lady from Lucknow in M. Atwood & R. Weaver Oxf. Bk. Canad. Short Stories (1986) 353 In his grey wool slacks and tweed jacket, he looked too old, too respectable, for any solid dalliance with a not-quite's wife. 1997 Car Mar. 167/1 The not-quite-GTI sector has always been a hinterland of wannabes and not-quites. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.n.1867
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