No. 260 in Turkish
oldukça
"Quite" or "rather."
In a sentence
Bu film oldukça ilginç ve sürükleyici.
This movie is quite interesting and engaging.
The word 'oldukça' is employed here to emphasize the degree of 'interesting and engaging' qualities of the movie, translating to 'quite' in English.
Oldukça sıcak bir gün geçirdik, güneş hiç batmadı.
We spent a rather hot day; the sun never set.
Here, 'oldukça' is used to describe a notable level of temperature, meaning 'rather' or 'quite' in English.
Bu kitap oldukça eski, ama hâlâ okunabilir.
This book is quite old, but still readable.
In this sentence, 'oldukça' denotes a significant extent of the oldness of the book, used similarly to 'fairly' or 'quite' in English
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