Definitions for somewhat
ˈsʌmˌʰwʌt, -ˌʰwɒt, -ʰwət, -ˌwʌt, -ˌwɒt, -wətsome·what

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. slightly, somewhat, more or lessadverb

   to a small degree or extent

   "his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory"; "the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other"

2. reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly, somewhat, fairly, middling, passablyadverb

   to a moderately sufficient extent or degree

   "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him"; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. somewhatadverb

   To a limited extent or degree.

2. somewhatpronoun

   something

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Somewhatadverb

   In some degree.

   Holding of the breath doth help somewhat to cease the hiccough. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

   He is somewhat arrogant at his first entrance, and is too inquisitive through the whole; yet these imperfections hinder not our compassion. Dryden.

2. Somewhatnoun

   Etymology: some and what.

   1. Something; not nothing, though it be uncertain what.

   Upon the sea somewhat methought did rise
   Like blueish mists. John Dryden, Indian Emperor.

   He that shuts his eyes against a small light, on purpose to avoid the sight of somewhat that displeases him, would, for the same reason, shut them against the sun. Francis Atterbury.

   2. More or less.

   Concerning every of these, somewhat Christ hath commanded, which must be kept ’till the world’s end: on the contrary side, in every of them somewhat there may be added, as the church judges it expedient. Richard Hooker.

   These salts have somewhat of a nitrous taste, but mixt with a smatch of vitriolick. Nehemiah Grew.

   3. Part greater or less.

   Somewhat of his good sense will suffer in this transfusion, and much of the beauty of his thoughts will be lost. Dryden.

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1. somewhat

   Somewhat is an adverb that is used to refer to a degree or extent that is not large but still noticeable or important. It indicates that something is to a limited extent or degree or that something is moderately, rather than extremely or very, certain way.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Somewhatnoun

   more or less; a certain quantity or degree; a part, more or less; something

2. Somewhatnoun

   a person or thing of importance; a somebody

3. Somewhatadverb

   in some degree or measure; a little

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'somewhat' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2203

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'somewhat' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3216

3. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'somewhat' in Adverbs Frequency: #176

How to pronounce somewhat?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say somewhat in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of somewhat in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of somewhat in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of somewhat in a Sentence

1. Paul Shantic:

   I think people are somewhat enthusiastic about the market, but the only pause we have is to make sure the dedication is there on both sides, i do think some of these first deals will stimulate more deals.

2. Karen MacNeil:

   Wine in the U.S. in general is expensive. It’s also true of California. In many cases you can get an old world version for much less. That’s a somewhat intractable problem…It’s just expensive to do business in the United States.

3. Ole Vidar Hestaas:

   We feel this is an exciting way to raise capital. We have had serious talks with major venture funds but have decided to grow the company somewhat more before we let them in. Right now we would have to give away a too big part of the company, the money will be used for an even more aggressive push into the U.S. market, which is our fastest growing market and where we see the best potential for growth going forward.

4. David Montefiori:

   Based on Penny's data, it's likely that the vaccine is going to be somewhat less effective, but how much less effective we don't know.

5. Willie Delwiche:

   A 20% drop is somewhat arbitrary. It's useful for bucketing things so that historians can go back and label environments. But it's not really useful in the here and now.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=somewhat
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Somewhat
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=somewhat
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/somewhat