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English Dictionary: somewhat	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for somewhat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
somewhat adv 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" Synonym(s): slightly, somewhat, more or less 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" Synonym(s): reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly, somewhat, fairly, middling, passably Antonym(s): immoderately, unreasonably
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Somewhat \Some"what`\, n. 1. More or less; a certain quantity or degree; a part, more or less; something. These salts have somewhat of a nitrous taste. --Grew. Somewhat of his good sense will suffer, in this transfusion, and much of the beauty of his thoughts will be lost. --Dryden. 2. A person or thing of importance; a somebody. Here come those that worship me. They think that I am somewhat. --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Somewhat \Some"what`\, adv. In some degree or measure; a little. His giantship is gone, somewhat crestfallen. --Milton. Somewhat back from the village street. --Longfellow.