rather /räˈdhər/

1. Sooner, more quickly (Shakespeare)
2. More readily
3. More willingly
4. In preference
5. More than otherwise
6. More properly
7. Somewhat, in some degree

1. (sometimes affectedly /rä-dhûrˈ/) I should think so
2. Yes, indeed

raˈtherish adverb (informal)

the rather

All the more

rath¹ /räth/ or rathe /rādh/ (archaic)

1. Quick
2. Eager
3. Early (compar rather /rädhˈər/ (Spenser) earlier; superl rathˈest (obsolete or dialect) earliest)

rathe /rādh/ adverb (compar rather (see rather separate entry); superl (obsolete) rathˈest) (Milton)

Early

• in hand
• inharmonic
• headachiest
• headachy
• headage
• headages
• head and shoulders
• headband
• headbands
• headbang
• headbanged
• headbanger
• headbangers
• headbanging
• headbangings
• headbangs
• headboard
• headboards
• head-boom
• head-booms
• headborough
• headboroughs
• head boy
• head boys
• head-bummer