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rather:
- plutôt; assez; passablement; quelque peu; très; hautement; bien
Wiktionary:
- rather → plutôt
- rather → assez, passablement, relativement, suffisamment, volontiers, plutôt, précisément, au contraire

English

Detailed Translations for rather from English to French

rather:

rather adv

rather
plutôt
- plutôt adj
rather (fairly; quite; reasonably; considerably; pretty)
assez; plutôt; passablement; quelque peu
- assez adj
- plutôt adj
- passablement adj
- quelque peu adj
rather (very; highly)
très; hautement; bien
- très adj
- hautement adj
- bien adj

Translation Matrix for rather:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
bien		asset; assets; commodities; ownership; possession; property
Adverb	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	instead; kind of; kinda; preferably; quite; sooner; sort of
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	much rather
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
assez	considerably; fairly; pretty; quite; rather; reasonably	enough; quite a lot; rather a lot
bien	highly; rather; very	agree; appealing; appetising; appetizing; beautiful; by far; cleaned; cleansed; congenial; correct; delicious; delightful; easily; endearing; engaging; exquisite; fine; good; handsome; heavenly; honest; likable; nice; palatable; pretty; right; scrumptious; sympathetic; tasty; tidied; very tasteful; well-behaved; winsome; yummy
hautement	highly; rather; very
passablement	considerably; fairly; pretty; quite; rather; reasonably
plutôt	considerably; fairly; pretty; quite; rather; reasonably
quelque peu	considerably; fairly; pretty; quite; rather; reasonably	bit; slightly; somewhat; to some degree; to some extent
très	highly; rather; very	deeply; eccentric; exceptional; extraordinary; extremely; greatly; highly; particular; special; ultra; wondrous

Synonyms for "rather":

instead
kind of; kinda; sort of
preferably; sooner
quite

Related Definitions for "rather":

to some (great or small) extent¹
- it was rather cold¹
- the party was rather nice¹
- the knife is rather dull¹
- I rather regret that I cannot attend¹
- He's rather good at playing the cello¹
to a degree (not used with a negative)¹
on the contrary¹
- rather than disappoint the children, he did two quick tricks before he left¹
- he didn't call; rather (or instead), he wrote her a letter¹
more readily or willingly¹
- I'd rather be in Philadelphia¹

Wiktionary Translations for rather:

rather

adverb

preferably
- rather → plutôt
somewhat, fairly
- rather → plutôt

rather

-
- assez; passablement; relativement; suffisamment; volontiers → enough; sufficiently; rather; quite; fairly; pretty; quite a bit; comparatively; relatively; gladly; willingly; with pleasure; preferably; ideally
De préférence.
- plutôt → rather; preferably; ideally
Environ, assez, approximativement.
- plutôt → rather; a bit; sufficiently

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• rather	→ plutôt; assez	↔ nogal — tamelijk, in aanzienlijke mate
• rather	→ précisément	↔ beziehungsweise — (umgangssprachlich) genauer gesagt, besser gesagt
• rather	→ plutôt	↔ eher — Einleitung einer bevorzugten Alternative in emotional negativ besetzten Kontexten
• rather	→ au contraire	↔ vielmehr — stellt eine vorhergehende verneinte Aussage richtig: sondern, im Gegenteil
• rather	→ plutôt	↔ vielmehr — präzisiert eine Aussage: besser gesagt, genauer gesagt, richtiger
• rather	→ assez	↔ ziemlich — sehr; in großem Maße

Related Translations for rather

rather a lot

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