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somewhat

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some·what  (smhwt, -wt, -hwt, -wt, -hwt, -wt)
adv.
To some extent or degree; rather.
pron.
Something: The news was somewhat of a surprise.

somewhat [ˈsʌmˌwɒt]
adv
(not used with a negative) rather; a bit she found it somewhat less easy than he
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.somewhat - 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.somewhat - 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"

somewhat
adverb rather, quite, a little, sort of (informal), kind of (informal), a bit, pretty (informal), fairly, relatively, slightly, moderately, to some extent, to some degree He concluded that Oswald was somewhat abnormal.
Translations
somewhat [ˈsʌmwɒt] ADValgo, un tanto
he was somewhat puzzledse quedó algo or un tanto perplejo
we are somewhat worriedestamos algo inquietos
it was done somewhat hastilyse hizo con demasiada prisa
somewhat [ˈsʌmhwɒt] advquelque peu, un peu
somewhat to my surprise ... → à ma surprise ...
somewhat
advein wenig; more than somewhat!mehr als das!, und ob! (inf); more than somewhat disappointed/late etcganz schön enttäuscht/verspätet etc; the system is somewhat less than perfectdas System funktioniert irgendwie nicht ganz; it was somewhat of a mysteryes war irgendwie rätselhaft; somewhat of a surprise/disappointmenteine ziemliche or arge Überraschung/Enttäuschung; somewhat of a drunkardein arger Trinker; somewhat to my surprise …ziemlich überraschend für mich …
somewhat [ˈsʌmˌwɒt] advpiuttosto, alquanto
somewhat [ˈsʌmˌwɒt] advpiuttosto, alquanto


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