āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
01
āĻŦāϰāĻ, āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŽā§āĻāĻŋ
to a somewhat notable, considerable, or surprising degree
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The homework is rather difficult, so I need more time.
āĻšā§āĻŽāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰā§āĻ āĻŦā§āĻļ āĻāĻ āĻŋāύ, āϤāĻžāĻ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§āĻāύāĨ¤
02
āĻŦāϰāĻ, āĻāϞā§āĻā§
used to introduce an idea that contrasts with or corrects the previous one
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It was n't anger she showed. Rather, it was deep sadness.
āĻāĻāĻž āϰāĻžāĻ āĻāĻŋāϞ āύāĻž āϝāĻž āϏ⧠āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻŦāϰāĻ, āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāϞ āĻāĻā§āϰ āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĨ¤
2.1
āĻŦāϰāĻ, āĻŦāĻž āĻāϰāĻ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§
used to correct or clarify a previous statement more precisely
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He strolled, or rather strutted, into the room.
āϏ⧠āĻāϰ⧠āĻšā§āĻāĻā§ āĻā§āϞ, āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāϰāĻ āĻāϰā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦā§āĻļ āĻāϰāϞāĨ¤
2.2
āĻŦāϰāĻ, āĻĒāĻāύā§āĻĻāϏāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§
used to indicate replacement or contrast between two things
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He chose silence rather than conflict.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻāĻāĻžāϤ āĻāϰ āĻŦāĻĻāϞ⧠āύā§āϰāĻŦāϤāĻž āĻŦā§āĻā§ āύāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
03
āĻŦāϰāĻ, āĻĒāĻāύā§āĻĻāϏāĻ
used to indicate preference or a greater inclination toward something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I âd rather go home early than stay out late.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāϰ⧠āĻŦāĻžāĻāϰ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ āĻā§āϝāĻŧā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āϝā§āϤ⧠āĻĒāĻāύā§āĻĻ āĻāϰāĻŦāĨ¤
04
āĻŦāϰāĻ, āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŽā§āĻāĻŋ
used before verbs to suggest something politely or with reduced force
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I rather suspect she already knows the truth.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāϰāĻ āϏāύā§āĻĻā§āĻš āĻāϰāĻŋ āϝ⧠āϏ⧠āĻāϤāĻŋāĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āϏāϤā§āϝ āĻāĻžāύā§āĨ¤
rather
01
āĻ āĻŦāĻļā§āϝāĻ!, āĻāύāύā§āĻĻā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§!
âused as a positive response to a suggestion or question
Dialect
British
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He 's quite the clever one, is n't he? â Rather! Always one step ahead.
āϏ⧠āĻŦā§āĻļ āĻāĻžāϞāĻžāĻ, āϤāĻžāĻ āύāĻž? â āĻŦāϰāĻ! āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻ āϧāĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĨ¤
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