quite a few

English

Determiner

quite a few

An indefinite and somewhat large number; more than a few; a fair number of; quite a lot.
I've watched quite a few basketball games in my time.
- 2022 May 20, ISP, quoting iSorrowproductions, What Happens When You Randomise EVERYTHING In Minecraft‎^[1]:
  Well, they say money doesn't grow on trees, but what about iron helmets? I appear to have quite a few of those.

Synonyms

(indefinite and somewhat large number): quite some (proscribed)

Translations

indefinite and somewhat large number

Bashkir: байтаҡ (baytaq), күп кенә (küp kenə)
Catalan: bastant (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 好幾 / 好几 (zh) (hǎojǐ), 不少 (zh) (bùshǎo), 相當多 / 相当多 (xiāngdāng duō)
Dutch: heel wat
Finnish: aika moni, melko moni
French: pas mal de (fr), nombre de (fr) m, bon nombre de (fr)
Greek: αρκετός (el) (arketós)
Italian: un bel po'
Japanese: 少なからぬ (sukunakaranu), かなりの (ja) (kanari no)
Macedonian: не баш малку (ne baš malku)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: en del
Occitan: pas mau de
Polish: sporo (pl)
Portuguese: bastante (pt)
Russian: не та́к уж ма́ло (ne ták už málo), дово́льно мно́го (dovólʹno mnógo)
Scots: a guid pickle
Slovak: hodne, viacero, nemálo
Spanish: bastante (es)
Swedish: ganska många

Noun

quite a few

An indefinite and somewhat large number.
- 2016, Walter Laqueur, Worlds Ago: A Memoir of My Journeying Years‎^[2]:
  About a third, perhaps more, were killed in the war; of the survivors quite a few were wounded, some severely.

Translations

large number

Chinese:
Mandarin: 好幾 / 好几 (zh) (hǎojǐ), 不少 (zh) (bùshǎo), 相當多 / 相当多 (xiāngdāng duō)
Finnish: aika moni, monet (fi) pl
French: un bon nombre m, pas mal (fr)
Portuguese: bastantes (pt)
Russian: довольно много (dovolʹno mnogo)

Usage notes

Quite a few indicates a relatively large amount; quite few, a very small one.

See also

Further reading

“quite a few”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.