085 Quite and Very

Hi.

First and foremost, you have to keep in mind that, quite and really can be used both for gradable and nongradable adjectives but very can only precede gradable adjectives. To make it clear, you can say

Very good, but you cannot say very freezing, because freezing is an extreme adjectives and cannot be graded. However, you can use really and quite in the above context.

When quite is used with non gradable adjectives, it has the same meaning as very.

It is quite funny.

When quite is followed by a non gradable adjective, it means absolutely. The same applies to really.

Regards