Sentence examples for quite enlightened from inspiring English sources

Helen maintains the relationship can be "equable and quite enlightened".

The revolution was in many ways an accident of circumstance arising from a bankrupted state and high food prices, with a dithery king and blockheaded nobles not quite enlightened enough to volunteer their privileges.

These guys – first David Cameron, then Nick Clegg, now Vince Cable – are proving to be quite enlightened, modern men espousing the benefits of active fathering in the early years.

Yeah, the bankers will tell you that he's quite enlightened.

"When we first met, he was wearing a pair of suede shoes, ill-fitting jeans and a Tommy Hilfiger T-shirt and said something to the effect of: 'I'm not particularly interested in fashion,' and I was actually quite enlightened by that," Duffty said.

There's also the overriding ethical point -- that these kind of international treaties were created in the aftermath of the Second World War, by quite enlightened statesmen who felt that no matter the administrative and financial cost, there are some values that are worth upholding, otherwise we end up back where we were in the 1930s.

He was rather enlightened.

"It's about how skilful you are as a management house and VF have quite an enlightened way of managing brands.

It's quite embarrassing that an enlightened country like France would sanction something like this".

Maimon's reception by both traditional and enlightened Jews was quite poor.

By way of illustration, so to speak, consider this arbitrary sample of zingers from a less enlightened age--not quite B.C., but definitely pre-P.C.