somewhat

American  

[suhm-hwuht, -hwot, -hwuht, -wuht, -wot, -wuht] / ˈsʌmˌʰwʌt, -ˌʰwɒt, -ʰwət, -ˌwʌt, -ˌwɒt, -wət /

adverb

1. in some measure or degree; to some extent.

   not angry, just somewhat disturbed.

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noun

1. some part, portion, amount, etc.

somewhat British  

/ ˈsʌmˌwɒt /

adverb

1. (not used with a negative) rather; a bit

   she found it somewhat less easy than he

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Etymology

Origin of somewhat

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

Example Sentences

A by-election in Greater Manchester might seem somewhat distant from Scotland - several hundred miles away at best, across a border.

From BBC

But for all the criticism of Block’s inefficiencies, the “head count actions cannot be explained by ‘bloat’” as “that problem was somewhat solved from 2023-2025,” Rawat added.

From MarketWatch

On average, its dividend is moderately higher and its valuation somewhat lower than the ordinary S&P 500.

From The Wall Street Journal

Second, dinosaurs may have had somewhat lower metabolic demands than similarly sized mammals, meaning they required less food overall.

From Science Daily

The market will sort thought which software vendors can stand strong and which will fall, leaving the sector somewhat of a land mine.

From Barron's

Related Words

• a little
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• rather
• significantly
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