Somewhat

/ˈsʌmwɒt/ · adverb

Meaning

To a limited extent or degree; not completely..

Definitions by Sense

1. To a limited extent or degree; not completely.
2. (UK, meiosis) Very.
3. (archaic) Something.
4. A certain quantity or degree; a part, more or less; something.
5. A person or thing of importance; a somebody.

Example Sentences

The crowd was somewhat larger than expected, perhaps due to the good weather.

The decision to shave or not is a somewhat personal one.

The searing heat cooled somewhat as the sun set in the evening.

That hat seems somewhat small for him.

I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […] and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town. I was completely mystified at such an unusual proceeding.

its taste, which is plainly acid, and somewhat rough

Two of the coaches are still on the site of the line; one, a first class observation coach carrying the S.R. number 6991, is at Snapper Halt, where it still stands, in fair condition but somewhat weatherbeaten […]

a. 1716, Robert Trail, sermon on the Lord's Prayer But this text and theme I am upon, relates to somewhat far higher and greater, than all the beholdings of his glory that ever any saint on earth received.

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• summat
• somewhats

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