rather
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ðər
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "rather"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻŦāϰāĻ‚, āĻŽā§‹āϟāĻžāĻŽā§āϟāĻŋ

to a somewhat notable, considerable, or surprising degree
rather definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The homework is rather difficult, so I need more time.
āĻšā§‹āĻŽāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ, āϤāĻžāχ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āφāϰāĻ“ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύāĨ¤
02

āĻŦāϰāĻ‚, āωāĻ˛ā§āĻŸā§‹

used to introduce an idea that contrasts with or corrects the previous one
rather definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It was n't anger she showed. Rather, it was deep sadness.
āĻāϟāĻž āϰāĻžāĻ— āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻž āϝāĻž āϏ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻŦāϰāĻ‚, āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰ āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ–āĨ¤
2.1

āĻŦāϰāĻ‚, āĻŦāĻž āφāϰāĻ“ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇

used to correct or clarify a previous statement more precisely
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He strolled, or rather strutted, into the room.
āϏ⧇ āϘāϰ⧇ āĻšā§‡āρāĻŸā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞ, āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāϰāĻ‚ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
2.2

āĻŦāϰāĻ‚, āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϏāχāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇

used to indicate replacement or contrast between two things
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He chose silence rather than conflict.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āϘāĻžāϤ āĻāϰ āĻŦāĻĻāϞ⧇ āύ⧀āϰāĻŦāϤāĻž āĻŦ⧇āϛ⧇ āύāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŦāϰāĻ‚, āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϏāχ

used to indicate preference or a greater inclination toward something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I ’d rather go home early than stay out late.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻŦāĨ¤
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āĻŦāϰāĻ‚, āĻŽā§‹āϟāĻžāĻŽā§āϟāĻŋ

used before verbs to suggest something politely or with reduced force
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I rather suspect she already knows the truth.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāϰāĻ‚ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻš āĻ•āϰāĻŋ āϝ⧇ āϏ⧇ āχāϤāĻŋāĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝ āϜāĻžāύ⧇āĨ¤
01

āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§āϝāχ!, āφāύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇!

‌used as a positive response to a suggestion or question
Dialectbritish flagBritish
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He 's quite the clever one, is n't he? — Rather! Always one step ahead.
āϏ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āϚāĻžāϞāĻžāĻ•, āϤāĻžāχ āύāĻž? — āĻŦāϰāĻ‚! āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻ• āϧāĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤
App
āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ