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Meaning of 'somewhat' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Somewhat [ adv.]
- In some degree or measure; a little.
2 . Somewhat [ n.]
- More or less; a certain quantity or degree; a part, more or less; something.
- A person or thing of importance; a somebody.

Meaning of 'somewhat' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . somewhat [ r]
Meaning (1):
- to certain extent or degree
Example in sentence:
  • he is fairly clever with computers;
  • jolly decent of him;
  • pretty bad;
  • pretty big;
  • the shoes are priced reasonably
Meaning (2):
- to a small degree or extent
Example in sentence:
  • his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory;
  • the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other

Nearby Words:

soma somaj somal somali somatic somatical somatics somatist somatocyst somatology

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