"not quite" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: En-au-not quite.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} not quite (not comparable)
  1. (idiomatic) almost, very nearly Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable Translations (almost): no ben bé (Catalan), ekki alveg (Icelandic), не совсем (ne sovsém) (Russian)

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