Usually means: Almost, but not completely achieved.
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  1. not quite: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. not quite: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. not-quite: Wordnik
  4. not quite: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. not quite: Wiktionary

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adverb:  (idiomatic) almost, very nearly

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