Definition of "quare"

quare

adjective
comparative quarer, superlative quarest
1. (dated, Ireland, Appalachia, Ottawa Valley) Queer, strange.
  Quotations
  Look, the quare fellow’s got to be buried in the morning, whether we like it or not, so cut the mullarkey and get back to work.
  1956, Brendan Behan, The Quare Fellow, page 60
2. (Ireland, used for emphasis) A lot of, very, great.