LekhoriLekhoriUsed to introduce a contradiction; on the contrary.
It wasn't supposed to be popular; rather, it was supposed to get the job done.
Introducing a qualification or clarification; more precisely. (Now usually preceded by or.
What the pupil already knew was indeed rather taken for granted than expressed, but it performed the useful function of transcending all textbooks, and supplanting all studies.
Prior; earlier; former.
Now no man dwelleth at the rather town of Damietta.
An enthusiastic affirmation.
Would you like some? –Rather!
A choice or a preference.
If I had my rathers I'd make up my own band. Art Blakey on the skins, Charlie Mingus on the bass, John Coltrane on the sax, Harry Edison on the horn-
A surname.
From Middle English rather, from Old English hraþor, comparative of hraþe (“soon, early, fast”). More at rathe. Cognate with Dutch radder (“faster”), comparative of Dutch rad (“fast; quick”), German L...
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