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Definition of Somewhat

1. Adverb. To a small degree or extent. "The children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other"

2. Adverb. To a moderately sufficient extent or degree. "He is fairly clever with computers"

Definition of Somewhat

1. n. More or less; a certain quantity or degree; a part, more or less; something.

2. adv. In some degree or measure; a little.

Definition of Somewhat

1. Adverb. To a limited extent or degree. ¹

2. Pronoun. (dated) something ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Somewhat

1. an unspecified number or part [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Somewhat

something is rotten in the state of Denmark something like something or other something tells one something terrible something to write home about somethinged somethinging somethings somethingth

sometime sometime(a) sometimes someway someways somewhat (current term) somewhat poorly drained soil somewhats somewhen somewhence

somewhere somewhere along the line somewhere else somewhereness somewheres somewhile somewhither somewhy somewise somilase

Literary usage of Somewhat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"Time would undoubtedly abate somewhat of his sufferings, but still it was a sort of thing which he never could get entirely the better of; ..."

2. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen, Reginald Brimley Johnson (1892)
"She spoke of her farther as somewhat delicate and puny, but was sanguine in the hope of her being materially better for change of air. ..."

3. Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum (1901)
"... The Spray floated but somewhat damaged — Courtesies from the British consul at Maldonado — A warm greeting at Montevideo — An excursion to Buenos Aires ..."

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