somewhat
to a small degree or extent
How often you will meet it
Rank 792 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 23,157 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.011% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adverb
- to a small degree or extent also: slightly, more or less his arguments were somewhat self-contradictorythe children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other
- to certain extent or degree also: reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly, fairly, middling pretty bigpretty bad
somewhat in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Most of these plays call for a somewhat large number of children.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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The mother and daughter wore for a few minutes a somewhat uneasy air.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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The interior of the kitchen where the neighbors were assembled, presented an appearance somewhat more decorous.
The Station · William Carleton · Chapter 1
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Mr. Stiles, shaking his head over a somewhat unsuccessful career, was making a bee-line for the Cock and Flowerpot.
Admiral Peters Odd Craft, Part 14. · W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs · Chapter 1
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The intense interest aroused in the public by what was known at the time as “The Styles Case” has now somewhat subsided.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1