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[ adverb ] to some (great or small) extent

Examples

"it was rather cold" "the party was rather nice" "the knife is rather dull" "I rather regret that I cannot attend" "He's rather good at playing the cello" "he is kind of shy"

Used in print

(The Dallas Morning News,...)

`` If you kick too_much , your leg gets kinda dead '' , he explained .

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