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"I'd rather be in Philadelphia"adverbmore readily or willingly
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"it was rather cold" "the party was rather nice" "the knife is rather dull" "I rather regret that I cannot attend" "He's rather good at playing the cello"adverbto some (great or small) extent
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adverbto a degree (not used with a negative)
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"rather than disappoint the children, he did two quick tricks before he left" "he didn't call; rather (or instead), he wrote her a letter"adverbon the contrary
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Definition that contains rather
- smallish rather small
- sour cherry tree rather small Eurasian tree producing red to black acid edible fruit
- citellus citellus rather large central Eurasian ground squirrel
- souslik rather large central Eurasian ground squirrel
- prunus cerasus rather small Eurasian tree producing red to black acid edible fruit
- big brown bat rather large North American brown bat; widely distributed
- sour cherry rather small Eurasian tree producing red to black acid edible fruit
- suslik rather large central Eurasian ground squirrel
- eptesicus fuscus rather large North American brown bat; widely distributed