somewhat

somewhat
Synonyms and related words:
a bit, a little, adequately, after a fashion, any, anything, appreciably, at any rate, at best, at least, at most, at the least, at the most, at the outside, at worst, aught, comparatively, considerably, detectably, extremely, fairly, far, in a manner, in a measure, in a way, in part, in some measure, incompletely, insignificantly, kind of, leastwise, merely, mildly, moderately, modestly, more or less, not comprehensively, not exhaustively, only, part, partially, partly, pretty, pro tanto, purely, quite, rather, relatively, scarcely, significantly, simply, slightly, so far, some, something, sort of, thus far, to a degree, to some degree, to some extent, tolerably, very, visibly

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  • Somewhat — Some what , n. 1. More or less; a certain quantity or degree; a part, more or less; something. [1913 Webster] These salts have somewhat of a nitrous taste. Grew. [1913 Webster] Somewhat of his good sense will suffer, in this transfusion, and much …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Somewhat — Some what , adv. In some degree or measure; a little. [1913 Webster] His giantship is gone, somewhat crestfallen. Milton. [1913 Webster] Somewhat back from the village street. Longfellow. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • somewhat — ► ADVERB ▪ to some extent. ● somewhat of Cf. ↑somewhat of …   English terms dictionary

  • somewhat — [sum′hwut΄, sum′hwät΄, sum′wut΄, sum′wət] pron. some degree, amount, portion, or part; a bit: often followed by of [somewhat of a surprise] adv. to some extent or degree; a little; rather [somewhat late] …   English World dictionary

  • somewhat — c.1200, a certain amount, to a certain degree, from SOME (Cf. some) + WHAT (Cf. what). Replaced O.E. sumdæl, sume dæle somewhat, some portion, lit. some deal …   Etymology dictionary

  • somewhat of — ► somewhat of something of. Main Entry: ↑somewhat …   English terms dictionary

  • somewhat — index fairly (moderately), in part Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • somewhat — [adv] to some extent adequately, a little, bearably, considerably, fairly, far, incompletely, in part, insignificantly, kind of, moderately, more or less, not much, partially, pretty, quite, rather, ratherish, significantly, slightly, some,… …   New thesaurus

  • somewhat — 01. Gerry is [somewhat] taller than his brother. 02. We left home [somewhat] later than we intended because it took a while to eat breakfast. 03. We were [somewhat] disappointed with the movie. 04. The weather in Victoria is [somewhat] milder… …   Grammatical examples in English

  • somewhat — some|what W2S2 [ˈsʌmwɔt US wa:t] adv more than a little but not very somewhat larger/higher/newer etc ▪ The price is somewhat higher than I expected. ▪ Things have changed somewhat since then. somewhat of ▪ To say that I was surprised is somewhat …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • somewhat — [[t]sʌ̱m(h)wɒt[/t]] ♦♦♦ ADV: ADV with cl/group You use somewhat to indicate that something is the case to a limited extent or degree. [FORMAL] He concluded that Oswald was somewhat abnormal... He explained somewhat unconvincingly that the company …   English dictionary

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