SOMEWHAT Definition & Meaning

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somewhat

[ suhm-hwuht, -hwot, -hwuht, -wuht, -wot, -wuht ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

in some measure or degree; to some extent:
not angry, just somewhat disturbed.

somewhat

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not used with a negative rather; a bit
she found it somewhat less easy than he

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

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With conditions somewhat cramped at his sister's home, Richard moved into the house of Ma Smith, where Philip was a lodger.

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It wanted to somewhat bury the news at home, so as to not spook people too much.

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I wondered if maybe you wanted to weigh in on a somewhat tedious debate over the term “fascism.”

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“I got set hair,” says Garcia on our video call, somewhat apologetically.

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"I got 12,000 fan letters a week. And I felt somewhat besieged."

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