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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121. The sun has faded the curtains so the colours are rather patchy.
122. They say they will stay to rebuild their homes rather than retreat to refugee camps.
123. He would much rather have been crooning in a smoky bar.
124. Local economists have looked into their crystal balls and seen something rather nasty.
125. Your life can be enhanced, and your happiness enriched, when you choose to change your perspective. Don't leave your future to chance, or wait for things to get better mysteriously on their own. You must go in the direction of your hopes and aspirations. Begin to build your confidence, and work through problems rather than avoid them. Remember that power is not necessarily control over situations, but the ability to deal with whatever comes your way.
126. Both parties seemed to have a rather clinical view of the breakup of their marriage.
127. I was rather quiet as I didn't feel I had much wisdom to impart on the subject.
128. At 18, he's still rather frivolous and needs to grow up.
129. It would be better to transport the goods by rail rather than by road.
130. His vision is of a world that coheres through human connection rather than rules.
131. I would rather he remember me the way I was.
132. I'm sure there are some folk who would rather they weren't here.
133. I'd rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate.
134. As long as it is a comedy,[sentencedict.com] I'd rather cry during the process.
135. We prefer to die a hero, rather than live a slave.
136. The fireplace projects from the wall rather too far into the room, taking up a lot of space.
137. My horse is rather skittish, so I have to keep him away from traffic.
138. A person's character isn't determined by how he or she enjoys victory, but rather how he or she endures defeat.
139. He's not at all exciting, in fact he's really rather commonplace.
140. Would rather go low to the dust, in order to bloom.
141. Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.
142. He made a rather half-hearted attempt to clear up the rubbish.
143. Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value. Albert Einstein
143. Wish you can benefit from our online sentence dictionary and make progress every day!
144. All desires have in them little pleasant taste but rather much potential suffering.
145. He cared for her as a whole person rather than just a sex object.
146. The full student maintenance grant was rather less than £2 000.
147. Fear not that the life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.
148. McCartney was also keen to write in a classical idiom, rather than a pop one.
149. would like weeping with the smile rather than repenting with the cry.
150. Heat the liquid in a large, wide container rather than a high narrow one, or it can boil over.
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