quite enjoy something

quite enjoy something
to like or enjoy something, but not to a great degree

I quite like going to weddings, but I don’t want to go to theirs.

We quite enjoyed our day out, in spite of the weather.

Thesaurus: to like somethingsynonym
Main entry: quite

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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