quite a lot

Related to quite a lot: worse for wear

quite a lot

A relatively large amount or number. There have been quite a lot of complaints about your behavior in the office. The news said we should expect quite a lot of rain this weekend.

See also: lot, quite

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Ojo became a bit uneasy at this, for he had already put quite a lot of the "Cleverness" powder in the dish; but he dared not interfere and so he comforted himself with the thought that one cannot have too much cleverness.

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Foreign Member of'--well, quite a lot of things, about two inches of small type--`Societe Belge, American Academy of Sciences, La Plata, etc.

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My father used to spend quite a lot of time in those parts, and painted at least a dozen pictures down there.

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In a fraction of a second I swallowed quite a lot of it.

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I see I shall have quite a lot to say to Vinrace," said Richard.

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I forgot to say that the moon had risen and was letting quite a lot of light into the bank.