Sunday, October 8, 2017

intensifiers - Meaning of 'more than average' in the context of pretty/rather/quite/fairly



I have found that adverbs such as 'pretty', 'fairly', 'quite', and 'rather' imply the same meaning as 'more than average' or 'to some extent' when these adverbs are used with gradable adjectives. But I'm very confused because I'm not understanding What 'more than average' means.


Please clarify its meanings with examples.




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