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somewhat

(sʌmhwɒt)
adverb
You use somewhat to indicate that something is the case to a limited extent or degree.
[formal]
He concluded that Oswald was somewhat abnormal.
He explained somewhat unconvincingly that the company was paying for everything.
Although his relationship with his mother had improved somewhat, he was still depressed.
'I believe you know him'—'Somewhat.'
Synonyms: rather, quite, a little, sort of [informal] More Synonyms of somewhat

somewhat in British English

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

somewhat in American English

(ˈsʌmˌhwʌt; ˈsʌmˌhwɑt; ˈsʌmˌwʌt; ˈsʌmwət)
pronoun
1. 
some degree, amount, portion, or part; a bit
often followed by of
somewhat of a surprise
adverb
2. 
to some extent or degree; a little; rather
somewhat late

Examples of 'somewhat' in a sentence
somewhat

They are still scarred somewhat by what happened.
The Sun (2010)
In totalitarian countries the situation has been somewhat different.
Coyle, Andrew & Stern, Vivien The Prisons We Deserve (1994)
The size of the discount still looks somewhat unfair.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
In the second part of the book a somewhat different approach is taken.
Brown, Muriel & Payne Sarah Introduction to Social Administration in Britain (1990)
But examine the statistics and things look somewhat different.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The survivors appear still somewhat puzzled that they survived that night and the week that followed when so many others did not.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The bouquet was intense, the colour still brilliant if somewhat brown around the edge.
Millon, Kim & Millon, Marc The Wine Roads of France (1989)
The political situation in southern India was somewhat different.
Stearns, Peter N. World History: Patterns of Change and Continuity (1995)
Letting a woman carry the torch for the Force is still somewhat radical.
Christianity Today (2000)
Last year's choice was somewhat different.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
As to the source of that enmity, we are still somewhat in the dark.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
People come here and are blown away by the beauty of a place that's still somewhat uncharted.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Nonetheless, an education system that had happiness as one of its key performance indicators would be somewhat different.
Paul Martin MAKING HAPPY PEOPLE (2005)
Better, but still somewhat intangible.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The reality was somewhat different.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Do you feel somewhat less relaxed when in the same bed, almost as if you were sharing a bed with a stranger?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They collapsed by as much as 71 per cent in heavy trading before steadying somewhat but still plumbing their cheapest in three years.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Yet the MoD's record since then has been somewhat less than rosy.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Yet it, too, is somewhat less than it was.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
In real terms, the deterioration has been somewhat less, but still significant.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
A bin liner would be a much cheaper, though somewhat less durable, option.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
I was somewhat surprised to see the wheel has a 50mph limit, which makes it unsafe at motorway speeds.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)

In other languages
somewhat

British English: somewhat ADVERB
You use somewhat to indicate that something is the case to a limited extent or degree.
He concluded that the boy was somewhat abnormal.
  • American English: somewhat
  • Brazilian Portuguese: um tanto
  • Chinese: 稍微
  • European Spanish: algo
  • French: un peu
  • German: etwas
  • Italian: piuttosto
  • Japanese: やや
  • Korean: 다소
  • European Portuguese: um tanto
  • Latin American Spanish: algo

Chinese translation of 'somewhat'

somewhat

(ˈsʌmwɔt)

adv

  1. 有点(點) (yǒudiǎn)
    somewhat to my surprise 让(讓)我有点(點)奇怪的是 (ràng wǒ yǒudiǎn qíguài de shì)
(adverb) 
Definition
rather
He concluded that Oswald was somewhat abnormal.
Synonyms
rather
I'm afraid it's rather a long story.
quite
I was doing quite well, but I wasn't earning a lot of money.
a little
I'm getting a little tired of having to correct your mistakes.
sort of (informal)
I sort of made my own happiness.
kind of (informal)
It was kind of sad, really.
a bit
This girl was a bit strange.
pretty (informal)
I had a pretty good idea what she was going to do.
fairly
We did fairly well.
relatively
The sums needed are relatively small.
slightly
The house they moved to was slightly larger.
moderately
The machine operated moderately well.
to some extent
to some degree
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Synonyms of 'somewhat'

somewhat

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of kind of
Definition
to a certain extent
It was kind of sad, really.
Synonyms
rather,
quite,
sort of (informal),
a little,
a bit,
pretty (informal),
fairly,
relatively,
somewhat,
slightly,
moderately,
to some extent,
to some degree
in the sense of moderately
The machine operated moderately well.
Synonyms
reasonably,
rather,
quite,
fairly,
somewhat,
slightly,
to some extent,
to a degree,
in moderation,
within reason,
tolerably,
within limits,
passably
in the sense of pretty
Definition
fairly
I had a pretty good idea what she was going to do.
Synonyms
fairly,
rather,
quite,
kind of (informal),
somewhat,
moderately,
reasonably
in the sense of quite
Definition
to a greater than average extent
I was doing quite well, but I wasn't earning a lot of money.
Synonyms
somewhat,
rather,
fairly,
reasonably,
kind of (informal),
pretty (informal),
relatively,
moderately,
to some extent,
comparatively,
to some degree,
to a certain extent
in the sense of relatively
The sums needed are relatively small.
Synonyms
comparatively,
rather,
somewhat,
to some extent,
in or by comparison
in the sense of slightly
The house they moved to was slightly larger.
Synonyms
a little,
a bit,
somewhat,
moderately,
marginally,
a shade,
to some degree,
on a small scale,
to some extent or degree
in the sense of sort of
Definition
as it were
I sort of made my own happiness.
Synonyms
rather,
somewhat,
as it were,
slightly,
moderately,
in part,
reasonably
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