What is "somewhat" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does somewhat mean in English? Meaning of somewhat definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "somewhat" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "somewhat": to a small degree or extent

Adverb

  • Meaning: to a small degree or extent
  • Example: his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other
  • Synonyms: more or less slightly somewhat
  • Pronunciation in US: /ˈsʌmwʌt/

    Hyphenation: some‧what

    Meaning of "somewhat": to a moderately sufficient extent or degree

    Adverb

  • Meaning: to a moderately sufficient extent or degree
  • Example: pretty big pretty bad jolly decent of him the shoes are priced reasonably he is fairly clever with computers
  • Synonyms: fairly jolly middling moderately passably pretty reasonably somewhat
  • Antonyms: immoderately unreasonably
  • Pronunciation in US: /ˈsʌmwʌt/

    Hyphenation: some‧what

    Synonyms:

    considerably, fairly, rather, kind of, moderately, quite, far, pretty, slightly, partially, adequately, incompletely, more or less, some, something, sort of, well, significantly, a little, bearably, in part, insignificantly, not much, ratherish, to a degree, tolerably,

    Antonyms:

    little, not at all,

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    somewhat in English: somewhat
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