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English nursery rhyme
"Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" is an English nursery rhyme. The rhyme has been seen as having religious and historical significance, but its origins and
Mary,_Mary,_Quite_Contrary
2016 studio album by Pansy Division
Quite Contrary is the seventh studio album, ninth album overall, by American queercore band Pansy Division, it was released on September 9, 2016 by Alternative
Quite_Contrary
Season of television series
along with him and are about to be eaten by a dragon. 16 9 "Fairy Fairy Quite Contrary" John Fountain & Butch Hartman Jack Thomas, Butch Hartman & Steve Marmel
The Fairly OddParents season 2
The_Fairly_OddParents_season_2
Native American actor (born 1985)
"Whistle Stop" 2010 Scoundrels Oscar Altsoba Episode: "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" 2014 Banshee Hoyt Rivers 4 episodes 2014 Killer Women Police Officer
Tatanka_Means
American comedy-drama TV series (2010)
average) based on 18 critic reviews. The show's second episode Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary got overall a better response than the pilot with it earning positive
Scoundrels_(TV_series)
Netflix original series
Dan New Orleans, Louisiana May 12, 2023 (2023-05-12) 64 6 "Ms. Mary Quite Contrary" Mary New Orleans, Louisiana May 12, 2023 (2023-05-12) 65 7 "Sowing
Queer_Eye_(2018_TV_series)
American actress (born 1956)
Episode: "Heaven's Portal" 2003 Crossing Jordan Mrs. Sullivan Episode: "Cruel & Unusual" 2003 Judging Amy Ms. Friedman Episode: "Marry, Marry Quite Contrary"
Stephanie_Zimbalist
1998 studio album by Teletubbies
Teletubbies – The Album is an album that was released based on the British children's television show Teletubbies owned by the BBC. The album's single
Teletubbies_–_The_Album
2026 British TV series
2026-05-04 – via www.bbc.co.uk. Tiny Tunes - Series 1: 29. Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary. Retrieved 2026-05-04 – via www.bbc.co.uk. Tiny Tunes - Series 1: 30
Tiny_Tunes_(TV_series)
Summary Notes 143 Duel Personality January 15, 1966 144 Jerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary February 17, 1966 145 Jerry-Go-Round March 3, 1966 Directed by Abe Levitow
Tom_and_Jerry_filmography
American actress (born 1972)
of the children's television show Sesame Street, entitled "Mary Mary Quite Contrary". In January 2010, Garth starred in an iVillage web series created by
Jennie_Garth
1911 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett
clergyman, whose children taunt her by calling her "Mistress Mary, quite contrary". She is sent to England to live with her uncle, Archibald Craven, husband
The_Secret_Garden
Butch Hartman, Sarah Frost & Heather Martinez FOP−134 16 9 "Fairy Fairy Quite Contrary" John Fountain & Butch Hartman Jack Thomas, Butch Hartman & Steve Marmel
List of The Fairly OddParents episodes
List_of_The_Fairly_OddParents_episodes
American actor (born 1988)
Side of Caution" Judging Amy James Franklin Episode: "Marry, Marry Quite Contrary" 2004 Huff Dawson James Episode: "Cold Day in Shanghai" CSI: Crime Scene
Jesse_Plemons
Pre-theme song saying: Yin/Hey, there's my mint! 13 13 "Scary Scary Quite Contrary" Mark Ackland & John Fountain Eric Trueheart & Steve Marmel Story by :
List_of_Yin_Yang_Yo!_episodes
Anglo-French historical researcher (1921–2013)
continued to support her. She was a wonderful person, kind and supportive, quite contrary to her husband, whom she loved despite everything." Following the pension
Elisabeth_Maxwell
Novel series by James Patterson
Falling Down" nursery rhyme) Mary, Mary (2005, title from "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" nursery rhyme) Cross (2006) In 2012, the novel was adapted into a film
Alex_Cross
1854 book by Henry David Thoreau
mid-sentence. Second, its logic is based on a different understanding of life, quite contrary to what most people would call common sense. Ironically, this logic
Walden
Folk song
Thomson's version (1725) pre-dates the earliest published "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" (1744) and may relate to torture. Some though not all versions of "Jamie
The_Water_Is_Wide_(song)
American actress (born 1954)
Children Peggy Bundy Main role 1990 Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme Mary Quite Contrary TV movie Tales from the Crypt Ms. Kilbasser Episode: "For Cryin' Out
Katey_Sagal
Egyptian singer-songwriter
Egypt Independent, August 11, 2011. Chitra Kalyani: "-quite-contrary / Maryam, Maryam, quite contrary ", Daily News Egypt , 2 October 2011. Rowan El Shimi:
Maryam_Saleh
US actress (1916–1972)
as a ship passenger, and then appeared in Babes in Toyland as Mary Quite Contrary. Wilson appeared in Ladies Crave Excitement (1935), The Girl Friend
Marie Wilson (American actress)
Marie_Wilson_(American_actress)
American actress (born 1975)
Recurring role 2003 Judging Amy Candace Hurley Episode: "Marry, Marry Quite Contrary" Six Feet Under Allison Williman Episode: "Twilight" Friends Precious
Anne_Dudek
Northern Irish singer (1935–1996)
on the BBC's Quite Contrary television show, to replace Joan Regan. After being again spotted by Ray Martin on the first Quite Contrary show, Murray was
Ruby_Murray
British actress, director, writer, producer, and musician
Notes 1993 The Secret Garden Mary Lennox Also performed "Mistress Mary Quite Contrary" 1995 Friendship's Field Ira 1998 Mysteries of Egypt Granddaughter Short
Kate_Maberly
1968 album by Can
improvisation. The lyrics of "Mary, Mary So Contrary" are based on the English nursery rhyme "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary". Monster Movie was the last Can album
Monster_Movie_(Can_album)
British conservative activist (1910–2001)
Robertson, Geoffrey (24 May 2008). "The Mary Whitehouse Story: Mary, quite contrary". Times. London. (subscription required) Also see Geoffrey Robertson
Mary_Whitehouse
American actress and singer (1942–2013)
Shaggy Dog (1959) – Allison D'Allessio Babes in Toyland (1961) – Mary Quite Contrary Beach Party (1963) – Dolores The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (1964)
Annette_Funicello
1997 children's song
Black Sheep" and the flowers from Teletubbyland sing "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary". The single reached number one on the UK singles chart for two weeks
Teletubbies_say_"Eh-oh!"
1967 book by Luis d'Antin van Rooten
Sailor Rain Rain Go Away Pat-a-cake Pat-a-cake Baker's Man Mistress Mary Quite Contrary Roses Are Red Violets Are Blue Tom Tom the Piper's Son Mary Had a Little
Mots d'Heures: Gousses, Rames: The d'Antin Manuscript
Mots_d'Heures:_Gousses,_Rames:_The_d'Antin_Manuscript
American punk band
seven-year break from recording, Pansy Division returned in 2016 with Quite Contrary. This album includes a holiday song about being single on New Year's
Pansy_Division
Queen of Denmark since 2024
December 2008. Retrieved 28 September 2008. Fray, Peter (8 March 2003). "Quite contrary about princess Mary". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 March 2015
Queen_Mary_of_Denmark
Faked photographs of fairies by Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths
retrieved 3 May 2010 Klein, Andy (23 October 1997), "Fairy, Fairy, Quite Contrary", Phoenix New Times, archived from the original on 17 March 2015, retrieved
Cottingley_Fairies
1994 studio album by Pansy Division
Division's 1996 album Wish I'd Taken Pictures and their 2016 album Quite Contrary. AllMusic praised Deflowered for its "wry, silly and heartfelt" songwriting
Deflowered
American television series (1976–1977)
introducing the series for children titled "Mary, Mary Quite Contrary, Mary, Mary Quite Contrary" by using nursery rhyme characters, with Burnett in the
Mary_Hartman,_Mary_Hartman
American children's educational TV program by Sockeye Media LLC
characters—Baa Baa Sheep, Eep the Mouse, Little Bo Peep, Jack B. Nimble, Mary Quite Contrary, and Teddy Bear—who sing and dance to a variety of nursery rhymes and
Mother_Goose_Club
American writer, playwright and poet (1950–2024)
from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved December 29, 2012. "Quite Contrary". Bookforum. Retrieved March 26, 2026. "Bookforum talks with Gary Indiana"
Gary_Indiana_(writer)
DVD set of Tom and Jerry cartoons
the Mouse 15 The Cat's Me-Ouch 16 Duel Personality 17 Jerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary 18 Jerry-Go-Round 19 Love Me, Love My Mouse 20 Puss 'n' Boats 21 Filet
Tom and Jerry: The Chuck Jones Collection
Tom_and_Jerry:_The_Chuck_Jones_Collection
Any laser not classified as continuous-wave
extremely short pulses, that implies lasing over a considerable bandwidth, quite contrary to the very narrow bandwidths typical of continuous wave (CW) lasers
Pulsed_laser
American actor
Hansen Episode: "Burning the Toad" 1990 Island Son Episode: "Mary, Mary Quite Contrary" 1990 Personals Evan Martin TV movie 1990 Memories of Murder Michael
Robin_Thomas
2007 film by David Fincher
puzzle film in quite that way, instead its subject is the compulsion to solve puzzles and its coup is the creeping recognition, quite contrary to the flow
Zodiac_(film)
American actress (1944–2009)
Lovesick Friend" 1962 The Donna Reed Show Pat Walker Episode: "Mary, Mary Quite Contrary" 1963 Hawaiian Eye Mary Anne Sayer Episode: "Go Steady with Danger"
Cheryl_Holdridge
Economic phase in 19th-century Germany and Austria
as unhealthy by physicians: "without light, air and sun", they were quite contrary to the prevailing ideas on town planning. The dark, cramped flats took
Gründerzeit
Topics referred to by the same term
George M. Cohan from Forty-five Minutes from Broadway, 1906 "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary", an English nursery rhyme, c. 1744 Mary's Point, New Brunswick, Canada
Mary
American actress (born 1979)
(season 1: episode 14) 2003 Judging Amy Callie Roane "Marry, Marry Quite Contrary" (season 4: episode 23) Without a Trace Michelle Holmes "Moving On"
Alicia_Lagano
Dogma of Mary's bodily entry into Heaven
Baroque movement, caused a stir by depicting her as a decaying corpse, quite contrary to the doctrine promoted by the church; more orthodox examples include
Assumption_of_Mary
California Ranger (1810–1868)
Bear State Books. Santa Cruz, California. 1980. Langum, David J. 2014. Quite contrary: the litigious life of Mary Bennett Love, p.125-165. Texas Tech University
Harry_Love_(lawman)
Principal precept of bioethics meaning "first, do no harm"
Epidemics I, which "First do no harm" and "Primum non nocere" reverse quite contrarily to Hippocratic and other classical authorities. The origin of the phrase
Primum_non_nocere
Historian of late medieval India
Wikidata Q108732338 Manimugdha S Sharma (August 19, 2018). "Audrey, Audrey, quite contrary: The historian everyone loves to hate". Times of India. Andrew Cockburn
Audrey_Truschke
King consort of Scotland from 1565 to 1567
original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2017. "Mary, Mary, quite Contrary." Off Our Backs 19 February 1971: 11–. ProQuest Research Library. Web
Henry_Stuart,_Lord_Darnley
1933 American film
(Hey Diddle Diddle) Queen of Hearts Mary and her garden (Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary) Pandora's Box Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater Jack Sprat Goosey Gander Humpty
Old_King_Cole_(film)
1996 studio album by Pansy Division
subsequently appeared twenty years later on the cover of their 2016 album Quite Contrary, photographed in the same location. The cassette release of this album
Wish_I'd_Taken_Pictures
2003 French film
Not For, or Against (Quite the Contrary) (original title: Ni pour, ni contre (bien au contraire)) is a 2003 French crime drama film directed and co-written
Not_For,_or_Against
English actress (1908–1990)
in 1924. In 1925, she starred with her mother in a play Mary, Mary Quite Contrary, and after a few more successful roles, won critical praise for her
Jill_Esmond
Traditional song or poem for children
took to school one day at the suggestion of her brother. "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" Mary, Queen of Scots or Mary I of England c. 1744 (Britain) Unknown;
Nursery_rhyme
Spiritual and philosophical book
his own mind. Much of the material secured through this subject is quite contrary to his habits of thought, to the way in which he has been taught, and
The_Urantia_Book
Country within the United Kingdom
others. Many nursery rhymes are of English origin such as Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary, Roses Are Red, Jack and Jill, London Bridge Is Falling Down, The Grand
England
2009 studio album by Pansy Division
rock Length 37:56 Label Alternative Tentacles Pansy Division chronology The Essential Pansy Division (2006) That's So Gay (2009) Quite Contrary (2016)
That's_So_Gay
Dame of Sark from 1927 to 1974
(2000). The Jews of the Channel Islands and the Rule of Law, 1940–1945: Quite Contrary to the Principles of British Justice. Sussex Academic Press. ISBN 1902210484
Sibyl_Hathaway
Family of edible marine bivalve molluscs
of cockles are mentioned in the English nursery rhyme "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary". Cockles are also eaten by the indigenous peoples of North America
Cockle_(bivalve)
Farm" "Skip to My Lou" "This Old Man" "Three Little Kittens" "Mary Mary Quite Contrary" 2009 "Stillness Is the Move" (Solange featuring Dirty Projectors) —N/a
Solange_discography
Concept that some ideas have universal applicability
inherently universalist.[page needed] Yet in other respects, it was quite contrary to universalistic principles, holding instead to an eternal dualism
Universalism
Greek island in the Ionian Sea
influenced perhaps by the presence of non-Corinthian settlers, its people, quite contrary to the usual practice of Corinthian colonies, maintained an independent
Corfu
2001 Telugu film directed by Suresh Krissna
fans may get disappointed by the film that projects him from an angle quite contrary to his known image. The sentiment may appeal to the female audience
Daddy_(2001_film)
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951
Attlee, however, I was an admirer. He was a serious man and a patriot. Quite contrary to the general tendency of politicians in the 1990s, he was all substance
Clement_Attlee
September 22, 2020. River, Julia (September 8, 2016). "Pansy Division - Quite Contrary (2016)". PunkNews.org. Retrieved June 27, 2024. Nadal, James (August
List_of_2016_albums
1990 television film
Dyke Parks as The Minister of Merriment Katey Sagal as Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary John Santucci as All the King's Men (of Humpty Dumpty) Garry Shandling
Mother_Goose_Rock_'n'_Rhyme
1966 studio album by Pete Seeger
No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Medley: Robin The Bobbin/ Mary, Mary Quite Contrary/ Little Jack Horner" 0:37 2. "Die Gedanken sind frei" (Thoughts are
Dangerous_Songs!?
Pre-Lenten carnival in Alemannic folklore
since about 1835. Since then, it is considered to be a civil Fasnacht, quite contrary to the other large Fasnacht events in the Catholic cantons of Switzerland
Swabian-Alemannic_Fastnacht
Collection of DVDs from Warner Home Video
Year of the Mouse The Cat's Me-Ouch! Duel Personality Jerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary Jerry-Go-Round Love Me, Love My Mouse Puss 'n' Boats Filet Meow Matinee
Tom and Jerry: The Classic Collection
Tom_and_Jerry:_The_Classic_Collection
Belief in a god based on rational thought
at Boyle's lectures. It happened that they wrought an effect on me quite contrary to what was intended by them; for the arguments of the Deists, which
Deism
British poet (1788–1824)
colourful aspects in a letter: Lord Byron gets up at two. I get up, quite contrary to my usual custom ... at 12. After breakfast we sit talking till six
Lord_Byron
Polish representative body in Ukraine
Żarski. These political associations, the declared tactic of which was quite contrary, at the same time consisted of different centers of one party. PSO in
Polish Executive Committee in Rus
Polish_Executive_Committee_in_Rus
Lyon, as a poem by Sarah Josepha Hale on May 24, 1830. Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary Great Britain 1744 First mentioned in Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book
List_of_nursery_rhymes
Irish singer and harpist
International Fringe Festival with the Dublin University Players, BBC's Quite Contrary and The Ed Sullivan Show, before she starred in her own BBC television
Mary_O'Hara
English philosopher (1919–2018)
Routledge, 2005, p. 143. Brown, Andrew (13 January 2001). "Mary, Mary, quite contrary". The Guardian. Midgley, Mary (2005). The Owl of Minerva. Routledge
Mary_Midgley
Latin word
interview Deprecated link archived 2013-06-29 at archive.today; Robert Anton Wilson, "Mary Mary Quite Contrary" Archived 2007-11-05 at the Wayback Machine
Ludibrium
Anthology of English nursery rhymes
Redbreast Little Tommy Tucker London Bridge is Falling Down Mary Mary Quite Contrary Oranges and Lemons Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross Sing a Song of
Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book
Tommy_Thumb's_Pretty_Song_Book
Secret 1916 agreement between the United Kingdom and France
stipulations in regard to the red and blue areas can only be regarded as quite contrary to the spirit of every ministerial speech that has been made for the
Sykes–Picot_Agreement
Topics referred to by the same term
refer to: A line from the nursery rhyme, "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary": Mary, Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow? the album How Does Your Garden
How Does Your Garden Grow? (disambiguation)
How_Does_Your_Garden_Grow?_(disambiguation)
2012 single by Kacey Musgraves
American heartland. It uses samples of the nursery rhyme Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary as a continued play-on-words. The latter part of the song retells another
Merry Go 'Round (Kacey Musgraves song)
Merry_Go_'Round_(Kacey_Musgraves_song)
companies and appeared in Broadway productions, including Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary (1905–1906) at the Garrick Theatre, In the Bishop's Carriage (1907)
Kate_Jepson
Device that emits light via optical amplification
extremely short pulses, that implies lasing over a considerable bandwidth, quite contrary to the very narrow bandwidths typical of CW lasers. The lasing medium
Laser
Outlaw motorcycle club
to Toronto to embrace a "hip" image, choosing ways of life that were quite contrary to the traditional Anglo-Protestant Victorian values that had previously
Satan's Choice Motorcycle Club
Satan's_Choice_Motorcycle_Club
Axiom that has everything has a reason
particular manner, and not otherwise; why everything was not placed the quite contrary way, for instance, by changing East into West. For Schopenhauer and
Principle of sufficient reason
Principle_of_sufficient_reason
Device to convert electrical energy to mechanical
force as the solenoid moves through its displacement range. This is quite contrary to that experienced with normal diminishing air gap types of solenoids
Solenoid_(engineering)
Collection of nursery rhymes
Horner" "Ladybird, ladybird" "London Bridge is broken down" "Mary, Mary, quite contrary" "One, two, three, four, five" "Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man"
Gammer_Gurton's_Garland
Machine capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically
follow them, and in fact most robots serve military purposes, which run quite contrary to the first law and often the third law. Dr. Joanna Bryson of the University
Robot
South African politician and businessman (born 1964)
the owner of the defunct New Age , and he argued that the newspaper, quite contrary to being an instrument of state capture, had threatened the interests
Mzwanele_Manyi
Fictional characters
by Jay Leno, Daran Norris in episodes "Super Humor" and "Fairy Fairy Quite Contrary") is a comic book superhero whose comics Timmy and many other children
List of The Fairly OddParents characters
List_of_The_Fairly_OddParents_characters
South African judge and politician (born 1959)
down its own unanimous judgment three weeks later. The Supreme Court, quite contrary to the High Court, not only granted leave to appeal but also upheld
John_Hlophe
1957 short film
stealing a title deed in transit to Henry VIII of England. "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary": The life of Mary Stuart. The segment claims that the "silver bells"
The_Truth_About_Mother_Goose
served, pars pro toto, as the surrender of all of Germany. This was quite contrary to the surrender of Japan, throughout which the Emperor and his (theoretically)
Legal_status_of_Germany
DI 482 Evan Johns Somewhere Over the Skyline DI 483 Pansy Division Quite Contrary CD, LP, DI 484 Pansy Division "Blame the Bible" 7", DI 485 2017 Disaster
Alternative Tentacles discography
Alternative_Tentacles_discography
Anatolian mother goddess
version of a Taurobolium. Beard, p. 172, referring to it; "[this is] quite contrary to the practice of traditional civic sacrifice in Rome, in which the
Cybele
Danish author, critic, architect, and designer
began to be viewed as a "Rasmus Modsat" (Danish equivalent to a Mary Quite Contrary) within Danish culture and struggled to get published in Danish newspapers
Poul_Henningsen
Levirate marriage
years. A childless widow was without both means of provision. Although quite contrary to modern day sensibilities, even becoming a second wife to a brother-in-law
Yibbum
income of 251-500 euros made up 37.3% of the food insecure, which was quite contrary to their counterparts. For instance, those making more than a monthly
Economy_of_Portugal
American sex counselor and psychotherapist
of chivalry that acknowledges and respects women's sexual autonomy. Quite contrary, Kerner speaks of "women should play by certain 'rules' or withhold
Ian_Kerner
British cartoonist and graphic designer (born 1939)
displays of nursery rhymes such as 'Hickory Dickory Dock' and 'Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary', which are still exhibited during the light festival in the autumn
Emilios_Hatjoullis
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Boy/Male
Tamil
Quite nature
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : variant of Suit.
Girl/Female
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu
Greatness; Quite; Regeneration
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Quite New
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Sikh
A Beautiful Girl
Boy/Male
Hindu
Quite
Boy/Male
Hindu
Quite nature
Girl/Female
Australian, Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Quite and Gentle
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Quite
Girl/Female
Tamil
Prosmita | பà¯à®°à¯‹à®¸à¯à®®à®¿à®¤à®¾
Quite girl
Prosmita | பà¯à®°à¯‹à®¸à¯à®®à®¿à®¤à®¾
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Quite
Boy/Male
Indian, Telugu
Quite; Lord Vishnu
Girl/Female
Hindu
Quite girl
Girl/Female
Indian, Sanskrit
Quite; Silent
Girl/Female
Tamil
Quiet
Boy/Male
Tamil
Quite
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Cute; Really Quite
Boy/Male
Hindu
Quite
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Quite One
Boy/Male
Tamil
Srishanth | ஸà¯à®°à¯€à®·à®¾à®‚த
Quite
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QUITE CONTRARY
Girl/Female
Hindu
Enchanted, Bewitched
Boy/Male
Bengali, Hindu, Indian, Malayalam, Marathi
A Semi Divine Bird
Boy/Male
Celtic
From the black fort.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Countless
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Lord of Law
Boy/Male
Australian, Italian
Who is Like God; An Angel
Boy/Male
Celtic
Mythical son of Bran.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Hidden; Another Name for Prophet Muhammad
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
Beauty
Male
English
Enlightened
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v. t.
To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat, or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as, to quote a passage from Homer.
a.
To have done with; to cease from; to stop; hence, to depart from; to leave; to forsake; as, to quit work; to quit the place; to quit jesting.
a.
Not quite globose.
a.
In a state of rest or calm; without stir, motion, or agitation; still; as, a quiet sea; quiet air.
a.
The quality or state of being quiet, or in repose; as an hour or a time of quiet.
a.
Not excited or anxious; calm; peaceful; placid; settled; as, a quiet life; a quiet conscience.
a.
Not showy; not such as to attract attention; undemonstrative; as, a quiet dress; quiet colors; a quiet movement.
adv.
Quite.
v. t. & i.
See Quit.
n.
Any one of numerous species of small passerine birds native of tropical America. See Banana quit, under Banana, and Guitguit.
n.
One of the old musical forms, before the time of the more compact sonata, consisting of a string or series of pieces all in the same key, mostly in various dance rhythms, with sometimes an elaborate prelude. Some composers of the present day affect the suite form.
a.
Quite certain.
v. t.
To calm; to appease; to pacify; to lull; to allay; to tranquillize; as, to quiet the passions; to quiet clamors or disorders; to quiet pain or grief.
imp. & p. p.
of Quit
n.
A retinue or company of attendants, as of a distinguished personage; as, the suite of an ambassador. See Suit, n., 5.
adv.
Clean; quite; at once.
v. t.
To cite a passage from; to name as the authority for a statement or an opinion; as, to quote Shakespeare.
a.
Completely; wholly; entirely; totally; perfectly; as, the work is not quite done; the object is quite accomplished; to be quite mistaken.
n.
A connected series or succession of objects; a number of things used or clessed together; a set; as, a suite of rooms; a suite of minerals. See Suit, n., 6.
interj.
See the Note under Quit, a.