quite right

idiom

chiefly British

—used to say that one thinks someone did the right thing

"After I was treated so rudely, I complained to the management." "And quite right, too!"

Examples of quite right in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And while there are plenty of things to blame for the mediocre stretch, something hasn't seemed quite right with Juan Soto since the Subway Series against his former team, the New York Yankees. —Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025

And until that box is checked, the timing may never feel quite right. 3. —Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025

Some commentators see this in terms of granting agents access to the VCs of individuals and organisations in order to act on their behalf but that’s not quite right. —David G.w. Birch, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025

Politics, race and gender do intersect with sports and should be discussed, but a game show that doles out arbitrary points for arguments and mutes people for sport never felt quite right as a forum. —Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 21 May 2025

Rhymes for quite right

• acolyte
• aconite
• allanite
• alunite
• amberlite
• ammonite
• amorite
• amphitrite
• analyte
• anchorite
• andesite
• anhydrite