Half
Half adverb - In some measure or degree.
Usage example: what you said is only half true
Nearby Word: halve
Quite
Quite adverb - To a full extent or degree.
Usage example: are you quite sure you have permission to go?
Both words in one sentence
- Fetch Quest: Saga of the Twelve Artifacts has quite a few—-Angels (half-avian), Dragons (half-lizard), Merfolk.
Source: Half Human Hybrid / Web Comics - Also the sorcerer Horm the Dead, half human, half orc, and quite possibly all zombie, if his name is as accurate as he claims.
Source: Literature / Thraxas -
Considering that almost half of their articles are about how crazy Japan is (the other half being dick jokes), this is quite annoying.
Source: Scunthorpe Problem
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