somedeal
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of somedeal
before 900; Middle English somdel, Old English sume dǣle, dative of sum dǣl some portion. See some, deal 1
Example Sentences
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In visage was he somedeal grey, And had black hair, as I heard say; But of his limbs he was well made, With banès great and shoulders braid; His body was well made leanlie, As they that saw him said to me.
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And in speech lispit he somedeal; But that set him richt wonder weel.
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Claverhouse laughed a little stern laugh like a man that is forced to laugh at himself, yet is somedeal proud of what he hears.
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In Ethiopia all the rivers and all the waters be trouble, and they be somedeal salt for the great heat that is there.
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And when men have gathered it, then cometh the white that is somedeal less than the black.
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