to some degree

Idioms  

1. Also, to a certain degree;;. Somewhat, in a way, as in To some degree we'll have to compromise, or To an extent it's a matter of adjusting to the colder climate. The use of degree in these terms, all used in the same way, dates from the first half of the 1700s, and extent from the mid-1800s.

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Example Sentences

“This is All-Star Weekend at 7 p.m. I just wanted to enjoy myself. And I feel like that got taken away, and I got embarrassed to some degree,” said Brown, who was named an All-Star starter for the first time this year.

From Los Angeles Times

The idea was that Charli would, to some degree, mold her sound into what her label always envisioned while wryly commenting on the artistic and moral sacrifices that label executives deemed necessary for commercial success.

From Salon

“There is a growing octopus of ties between Europe and Asia which reflects the rise of China but also hedges against the U.S. to some degree,” says Neil Melvin, director of international security studies at the Royal United Services Institute think tank in London.

From The Wall Street Journal

There’s a lot of talk about gold replacing, to some degree, the bond portion of a balanced portfolio.

From MarketWatch

Whereas those great Seahawks teams during the Pete Carroll era were a collection of richly talented characters — they were Legion of Boom bombastic — this laser-focused group has to some degree taken on the bookish personality of second-year coach Mike Macdonald.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• a bit
• a little
• comparatively
• fairly
• kind of
• pretty
• quite
• relatively
• slightly
• somewhat