"__ Outspoken: My Life in the News": 2012 memoir (6)

I believe the answer is:

rather

(Other definitions for rather that I've seen before include "somewhat > sooner? > Quite" , "More precisely; instead of" , "Pretty" , "Most certainly" , "Prefer" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times.

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