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somewhat

[ suhm-hwuht, -hwot, -hwuht, -wuht, -wot, -wuht ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

in some measure or degree; to some extent:
not angry, just somewhat disturbed.

somewhat

/ ˈsʌmˌwɒt /

not used with a negative rather; a bit
she found it somewhat less easy than he

First recorded in 1150–1200; Middle English; some + what

Yet for a vivid decade or so, sleaze was, somewhat paradoxically, a force for literacy and empowerment.

The rebels though seemed somewhat chastened by the result despite more than doubling the anti-Boehner votes from two years ago.

Given the somewhat macabre origins of the feast, many of the celebrations were designed to placate the gods.

As with much of this investigation our information is somewhat limited.

Extra dry, for example, is actually sweeter than brut, which is drier than demi-sec, which is somewhat sweet.

I called it a spinet, because it somewhat resembled that instrument, and was played upon in the same manner.

The order of meals at Lane End was somewhat peculiar even then, and would now be almost unique.

This was somewhat tiresome; and, after a rather feeble attempt at a third laugh, Davy said, "I don't feel like it any more."

The view from the sea-side may be somewhat better, but not much—not comparable to that of Genoa from the Mediterranean.

This Captain Kirton was really the best of the Kirton bunch: a quiet, unassuming young man, somewhat delicate in health.

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