Thesaurus: rather

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1. a. Prior; earlier; former.
2. a. Earlier; sooner; before.
3. a. More readily or willingly; preferably.
4. a. On the other hand; to the contrary of what was said or suggested; instead.
5. a. Of two alternatives conceived of, this by preference to, or as more likely than, the other; somewhat.
6. a. More properly; more correctly speaking.
7. a. In some degree; somewhat; as, the day is rather warm; the house is rather damp.
8. adv. on the contrary
9. adv. to some (great or small) extent
10. adv. more readily or willingly
11. adv. to a degree (not used with a negative)