quality
adj 1: of superior grade; "choice wines"; "fine wines" "prime
beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select
peaches" [syn: {choice}, {fine}, {prime(a)}, {prize},
{select}]
2: of high social status; "people of quality"; "a quality
family"
n 1: an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or
someone; "the quality of mercy is not
strained"--Shakespeare
2: a degree or grade of excellence or worth: "the quality of
students has risen"; "an executive of low caliber" [syn: {caliber},
{calibre}]
3: a characteristic property that defines the apparent
individual nature of something; "each town has a quality
all its own"; "the radical character of our demands" [syn:
{character}, {lineament}]
4: the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or
noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was
rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell
summoned them to meet" [syn: {timbre}, {timber}, {tone}]
5: high social status; "a man of quality"