Rather
Rather adverb - By choice or preference.
Both words in one sentence
- Still, a sizable and rather vocal contingent of hardcore fans persist it wasn't the right course of action and hate that it disregarded the last several films in terms of continuity.
Source: Contested Sequel - A sizable chunk of the fandom for Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (2010) ships the Mad Hatter with the White Queen, rather than Alice.
Source: Unequal Pairing - I am rather fond of a sizable Gluteus Maximus and I am incapable of uttering a falsehood.
Source: Spock Speak
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Sizable and Rather. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/rather/sizable
Rather & Sizable. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/rather/sizable>.
Sizable or Rather. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/rather/sizable.
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