About The Word Somewhat
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Somewhat
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What's The Definition Of Somewhat?
[adv] to a moderately sufficient extent or degree; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers"; "they lived comfortably within reason"
[adv] to a small degree or extent; "his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory"; "the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other" Synonyms | Synonyms for Somewhat: fairly | middling | moderately | passably | reasonably | slightly | within reason Related Terms | Find terms related to Somewhat: See Also | Somewhat In Webster's Dictionary \Some"what`\, n.
1. More or less; a certain quantity or degree; a part, more
or less; something.
These salts have somewhat of a nitrous taste.
--Grew.
Somewhat of his good sense will suffer, in this
transfusion, and much of the beauty of his thoughts
will be lost. --Dryden.
2. A person or thing of importance; a somebody.
Here come those that worship me. They think that I
am somewhat. --Tennyson.
\Some"what`\, adv. In some degree or measure; a little. His giantship is gone, somewhat crestfallen. --Milton. Somewhat back from the village street. --Longfellow. |
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