a. Mitigators are the opposite of intensifiers. When we want to make an adjective less strong we use these words: fairly, rather, quite (e.g. By the end of the day we were rather tired.)
b. and in informal English: pretty (e.g. We had a pretty good time at the party.)
c. But quite: when we use quite with a strong adjective it means the same as absolutely. (e.g. The food was quite awful. = The food was absolutely awful.)
d. Mitigators with comparatives: a bit; just a bit; a little; a little bit; just a little bit; rather; slightly (e.g. She’s a bit younger than I am.)
e. We use slightly and rather as mitigators with comparative adjectives in front of a noun. (e.g. This is a slightly more expensive model than that.)
Idiom 365
Sitting Shotgun: riding in the front passenger seat of the car
Example: But it seems nobody want to take to sit shotgun.