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)

• steeple hats
• steeple house
• steeple houses
• steeplejack
• shutouts
• shuts
• shutter
• shutterbug
• shutterbugs
• shuttered
• shuttering
• shutterings
• shutterless
• shutter priorities
• shutter priority
• shutters
• shut the mouth of
• shutting
• shuttle
• shuttlecock
• shuttlecocked
• shuttlecocking
• shuttlecocks
• shuttled
• shuttle diplomacy