Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Quite

Quite (kwīt) , verb, transitive and intransitive

See Quit. [Obsolete] — Chaucer

Quite (kwīt) , adverb

[French quitte discharged, free, clear; compare Old French quitement freely, frankly, entirely. See Quit, a.]

1.
Completely; wholly; entirely; totally; perfectly; as, the work is not quite done; the object is quite accomplished; to be quite mistaken.
Man shall not quite be lost, but saved who will. — Milton
The same actions may be aimed at different ends, and arise from quite contrary principles. — Spectator
2.
To a great extent or degree; very; very much; considerably.
Quite amusing. — Macaulay
He really looks quite concerned. — Landor
The island stretches along the land and is quite close to it. — Jowett (Thucyd. )