.. than; rather than would): Wouldn’t you rather see the chairman? (২) or rather আরো যথাযথভাবে: We saw him in a gloomy or rather distraught state of mind. (৩) (fairly থেকে পৃথক, উল্লেখ্য যে তুলনাত্মক বিশেষণ, too, (noun(s)) (verb(s))-এর সঙ্গে fairly ব্যবহৃত হয় না) কিছুটা; কতকটা; খানিকটা; বেশ। (ক) (adjective-সহ indefinite article- এর আগে বা পরে, definite article- এর পরে) : a rather irritating situation; the rather pretty girl on the balcony. (খ) (তুলনাত্মক বিশেষণসহ): That car is rather cheaper than this. (গ) (too-সহ): This hotel is rather too expensive for us. (ঘ) (noun(s)) -সহ): She’s rather a darling. (ঙ) (verb(s) ও past participle-সহ): We were all rather surprised at the news. (চ) (adverb (s)-সহ): He returned rather earlier than we expected. (৪) (কথ্য British/Britain [রা:দা(র্‌)] (জবাবে) অবশ্যই; নিঃসন্দেহে।