To some (great or small) extent.
More readily or willingly.
On the contrary; rather (or instead), he wrote her a letter"
To a degree (not used with a negative)
1 It is an animal health issue rather than a public health risk.
2 Having said that, of course, reality-myreality-hadgotten rather odd of late.
3 Open Source Everything makes truth rather than violence the currency of power.
4 You could even regard one particular result in a rather one-sided way.
5 She thus raised, at a rather inopportune moment, the great unspoken problem.
6 Outside the trade sector, however, details of the report were rather encouraging.
7 Reconfiguration... is currently happening by crisis rather than by taking difficult decisions.
8 It is also a religion that is facing a rather serious problem.
9 The right to vote was a beginning rather than an end point.
10 The problem has always been progress: or rather , the belief in progress.
11 You used the verb meaning 'to place among' rather than 'to liken'.
12 Where possible, try to extend existing indexes rather than adding new ones.
13 He said more information about individuals rather than schools would be good.
14 This I wasn't so sure of ''I'd rather you brought it here.''
15 He simply thought it more likely to happen later rather than sooner.
16 I'm sure they'd rather see their flag but it's a political reality.
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