Definition for Rather

rather, adv. [OE hraðe.] (webplay: art, better, death, fear'd, God, hasty, hear, life, ready, slain, sought, speak, word).

  1. Preferably; sooner; more readily; more willingly.
  2. Instead; alternatively.
  3. More correctly; more precisely.
  4. Fairly; quite; particularly; especially; somewhat.
  5. Phrase. “Rather than”: instead of; better than; more preferably than.

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