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Definition of rather exclamation from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

rather

exclamation
 
/ˌrɑːˈðɜː(r)/
 (British English, old-fashioned)
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  1. used to agree with somebody’s suggestion
    • ‘How about a trip to the beach?’ ‘Rather!’
    Topics Opinion and argumentc2, Suggestions and advicec2
    Word OriginOld English hrathor ‘earlier, sooner’, comparative of hræthe ‘without delay’, from hræth ‘prompt’, of Germanic origin.
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halfway
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