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somedeal

[ suhm-deel ]
/ ˈsʌmˌdil /
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adverb Archaic.
somewhat.
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Origin of somedeal

before 900; Middle English somdel,Old English sume dǣle, dative of sum dǣl some portion. See some, deal1

Words nearby somedeal

sombrous, some, somebody, somebody up there loves me, someday, somedeal, somehow, someone, someplace, somersault, Somerset
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How to use somedeal in a sentence

  • And when men have gathered it, then cometh the white that is somedeal less than the black.

    The Travels of Sir John Mandeville|John Mandeville

  • Claverhouse laughed a little stern laugh like a man that is forced to laugh at himself, yet is somedeal proud of what he hears.

    The Men of the Moss-Hags|S. R. Crockett

  • In Ethiopia all the rivers and all the waters be trouble, and they be somedeal salt for the great heat that is there.

    The Travels of Sir John Mandeville|John Mandeville
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