Synonym: instead, kind of, kinda, preferably, quite, sooner, sort of. Similar words: or rather, rather than, father, gather, math, leather, baths, feather. Meaning: ['ræðə(r) /'rɑː-] adv. 1. on the contrary 2. to some (great or small) extent 3. more readily or willingly 4. to a degree (not used with a negative).
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91. He looks rather like his father.
92. I prefer tea rather than coffee.
93. I found some of his comments rather hurtful.
94. Though very intelligent, she is nevertheless rather modest.
95. You're looking rather dazed - is anything wrong?
96. This claim seems to us to be rather dubious.
97. The wedding was rather a sedate occasion.
98. I'm rather busy for the present.
99. His secretary was rather brusque with me.
100. I'd rather have tea than coffee.
101. He writes in a formal and rather stilted style.
102. It was rather a difficult question.
103. I continued my studies in a rather haphazard way.
104. I'd rather talk about something else.
105. Mr Kennet has a rather peculiar sense of humour.
106. The trip seemed rather daunting for a young girl.
107. We're having rather cold weather for June.
108. He'd do anything rather than displease his parents.
109. He had a rather slow and ponderous manner.
110. His speeches tend to be rather long-winded.
111. She sounded rather off on the phone.
112. Political historians are often rather ignorant of economics.
113. I'm beginning to find her novels rather passe.
114. There's a rather frigid atmosphere in the school.
115. The party's policies were based on prejudice rather than on any coherent ideology.
116. I would rather have the small one than the big one.
117. I was not looking for my dreams to interpret my life,(http://sentencedict.com) but rather for my life to interpret my dreams.
118. Gill seems rather distracted at the moment - I think she's worried about her exams.
119. I'm rather disturbed by the way the company tried to cover up the truth.
120. Your comments are rather remote from the subject we are discussing.
More similar words: or rather, rather than, father, gather, math, leather, baths, feather, death, at hand, bathos, at home, at heart, breath, apathy, athlete, athletic, anathema, gathering, pathetic, beneath, bathroom, a thought, sympathy, Catholic, grandfather, breathing, put to death, out of breath, rat.