rather, adv.
freq. cnt. 118
freq. cnt. 118
sample sentences
"rather than disappoint the children, he did two quick tricks before he left""he didn't call
rather (or instead), he wrote her a letter"
"used English terms instead of Latin ones"

<adv.all> freq. cnt.: 73 freq. cnt.: 53 freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 3
kind of kinda rather sort of
sample sentences
"it was rather cold""the party was rather nice"
"the knife is rather dull"
"I rather regret that I cannot attend"
"He's rather good at playing the cello"
"he is kind of shy"

<adv.all> freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 4
preferably rather sooner
sample sentences
"clean it well, preferably with warm water""I'd rather be in Philadelphia"
"I'd sooner die than give up"
sample sentences
"quite tasty""quite soon"
"quite ill"
"quite rich"