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era piuttosto

was rather

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phrase Uncommon #12,409
was rather Used to say something was somewhat or quite a certain way. In these examples, it modifies an adjective.
IT: La cena era piuttosto buona.
EN: The dinner was rather good.

Geeta era piuttosto nervosa prima del suo primo incontro.

Geeta was quite nervous before her first meeting.

— Dangal (2016)

Era piuttosto emozionante.

It was quite exciting.

Era piuttosto pericolosa.

It was quite dangerous.

Tom era piuttosto felice.

Tom was quite happy.

Era piuttosto costoso.

It was quite expensive.

Layla era piuttosto distrutta.

Layla was pretty devastated.

Il test era piuttosto difficile.

The test was quite difficult.

Ti ho detto che era piuttosto buio.

I told you it was pretty dark.

— Bacurau (2019)

Era piuttosto guidato.

It was quite guided.

— Assassination (2015)

Era piuttosto strana.

It was quite strange.

Tom era piuttosto ubriaco.

Tom was pretty drunk.

Era piuttosto difficile.

It was quite difficult.

Era piuttosto noioso.

It was pretty boring.

Era piuttosto tardi quando ho deciso di tornare a casa.

It was quite late when I decided to go home.

Tom era piuttosto buono.

Tom was pretty good.

Rispetto a quello che è successo, la nostra linea era piuttosto moderata, direi.

Compared with what happened, I’d say our position was rather moderate.

— La banda Baader Meinhof (2008)

Era piuttosto costosa.

It was quite expensive.

Era piuttosto facile farlo.

It was pretty easy to do.

Era piuttosto spaventoso.

It was pretty scary.

Tom era piuttosto odioso.

Tom was pretty obnoxious.

Era piuttosto difficile da fare.

It was quite difficult to do.

Era piuttosto inusuale.

It was quite unusual.

Era piuttosto strano.

It was pretty weird.

Tom era piuttosto aperto.

Tom was pretty open.

L'informazione era piuttosto inutile.

The information was rather useless.