Somewhat

Definition: Somewhat

Somewhat

Adverb

1. 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. To a moderately sufficient extent or degree; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers"; "they lived comfortably within reason".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "somewhat" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms: Somewhat

Qualification

Approximately in a limited degree (smallness); somewhat, sort of, something like that, to a certain extent, to a degree, in a sense, so to speak.

Smallness

Partially, in part; in a certain degree, to a certain degree; to a certain extent; comparatively; some, rather in some degree, in some measure; something, somewhat; simply, only, purely, merely; at least, at the least, at most, at the most; ever so little, as little as may be, tant soit peu, in ever so small a degree; thus far, pro tanto, within bounds, in a manner, after a fashion, so to speak.

Unimportance

Adverb: slightly; Adjective: rather, somewhat, pretty well, tolerably. for aught one cares.

Crosswords: Somewhat

The courtesy of your hall is somewhat lessened of late Théoden, King (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

You know William, from this light, you somewhat resemble David Duchovny (Can't Hardly Wait; writing credit: Deborah Kaplan; Harry Elfont)

Martha is 108years old. She weighs somewhat more than that (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; writing credit: Edward Albee; Ernest Lehman)

The acoustics are somewhat inconsistent, should you reconsider your evaluation, I could provide you with a private box. (The Phantom of the Opera; writing credit: Gerry O'Hara)

You're somewhat of an igneous intrusion yourself (The Gay Divorcee; writing credit: J. Hartley Manners; Dwight Taylor)

I somewhat recollect (The Scorpion Lament; performing artist: The Roches)

Another big news story of year concerned the ecumenical council in Rome, known as Vatican II. Among the things they did in an attempt to make the church more commercial was to introduce the vernacular into portions of the mass, to replace Latin, and to widen somewhat the range of music permissible in the liturgy, but I feel that if they really want to sell the product, in this secular age, what they ought to do is to redo some of the liturgical music in popular song forms (The Vatican Rag; performing artist: Tom Lehrer)

Skin: Somewhat pale but present. (references; author: unknown)

Somewhat Secret (1939)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• A Somewhat Sceptical Philosophy (reference)

• Out on a Whim: A Somewhat Useful Guide to Marriage, Family, Culture, God, and Flammable Household Appliances (reference)

• Pool Simplified, Somewhat (reference)

• Somewhat More Independent: The End of Slavery in New York City, 1770-1810 (reference)

• The Best of San Francisco: A Witty and Somewhat Opinionated Insider's Guide to Everybody's Favorite City (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• And Then...Or Somewhat Later (reference)

• More Than Somewhat (Very Best Of) [IMPORT] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Histological slide (H & E stain at x300) showing prostate cancer. On the right is a somewhat normal Gleason Value of 3 (out of 5) with moderately differentiated cancer. On the left is less normal tissue with a Gleason Value of 4 (out of 5) that is highly undifferentiated. The Gleason score is the sum of the two worst areas of the histological slide. Credit: Otis Brawley.

Burkholderia pseudomallei is a Gram-negative aerobic bacteria, and is the causative agent of melioidosis. The organism's colonial morphology changes somewhat as the incubation is extended. Credit: CDC.

In this image two gummas are seen in this liver specimen. At the lower periphery, one is seen as a firm, white, somewhat irregular nodule. The other is hemorrhagic and largely necrotic. Credit: CDC.

A Northern Gannet, somewhat north of its normal range, tangled in fishing line and drowned. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Diorama by Norman Bel Geddes, depicting the attack by USS Enterprise (CV-6) and USS Yorktown (CV-5) dive bombers on the Japanese aircraft carriers Akagi, Kaga and Soryu in the morning of 4 June 1942. The diorama was created during World War II on the basis of information then available. It is therefore somewhat inaccurate in scope and detail. This angle of view depicts Soryu (attacked by Yorktown aircraft) in the middle distance, with Kaga and Akagi (both attacked by Enterprise aircraft) as the closer two burning ships. Credit: NAVY.

Model photographed at the New York Navy Yard, 26 November 1941. It represents the ship with details somewhat changed from the preliminary design seen in Photo # NH 44529. Credit: NAVY.

Photograph, somewhat retouched, taken during the Civil War era, while the ship was carrying full sail rig. Credit: NAVY.

19th Century photograph of a lithograph, depicting the ship with full sailing rig. The original photographic print has been somewhat damaged by surface abrasion. Credit: NAVY.

Which makes it somewhat unanimous. Credit: Library of Congress.

Steel mill equipment. Small parts and large ones--automatic machine tools and the old grind stone, somewhat modernised--all find a part in our war production program. These workers finish off one of the many parts that go to make up the equipment that hel. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

This image, so nearly identical with the living Pearl, seemed to communicate somewhat of its own shadowy and intangible quality to the child herself

Javert was evidently somewhat disconcerted by the completely natural air and the tranquillity of Monsieur Madeleine

The Governor and his family are served and attended by domestics of a kind somewhat unusual

The true harvest of my daily life is somewhat as intangible and indescribable as the tints of morning or evening

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

In children, the pattern is somewhat different. (references)

As toddlers, they may be somewhat shy and reserved. (references)

P. falciparum stops at somewhat higher temperatures. (references)

Business

Payment practices are somewhat flexible. (references)

The private sector environment is somewhat different. (references)

Listening time has decreased somewhat during the last ten years. (references)

Civil Liberties

Malaysia

In August 2000, these minimum guidelines were relaxed somewhat. (references)

Chad

The candidates refused, but agreed some weeks later to a rally in the somewhat larger National Stadium. (references)

Vietnam

The Party and Government tolerate public discussion and permit somewhat more criticism than in the past. (references)

Economic History

Estonia

Coastal waters are somewhat polluted. (references)

Equatorial Guinea

Bata on the mainland is somewhat drier and cooler. (references)

Seychelles

Precipitation is somewhat less on the other islands. (references)

Human Rights

Yugoslavia

Republic officials were somewhat cooperative and responsive to their views. (references)

Yugoslavia

CIVPOL, working with the KPS, somewhat improved its case resolution and arrest rate. (references)

Saint Lucia

Conditions in the women's facility are somewhat better than those at the men's prison. (references)

Indigenous People

Sweden

The country counts at least 17,000 Sami (formerly known as Lapps) in its population (Sami organizations place that number somewhat higher at 25,000 to 30,000). In 1993 the Government allowed the formation of a Sametinget (Sami Parliament) as an advisory body to the Government. (references)

Minorities

Pakistan

Christians in particular have difficulty finding jobs other than menial labor, although Christian activists say the employment situation has improved somewhat in the private sector. (references)

Political Economy

SPAIN

The figure for the entire EU would be somewhat higher. (references)

Political Rights

Nigeria

The three branches of the Government acted somewhat independently. (references)

Trade

Vietnam

The introduction of U.S. EXIM and OPIC has somewhat offset this advantage. (references)

Switzerland

Although somewhat more expensive, these product groups are the fastest growing. (references)

Travel

Ecuador

Meetings normally start somewhat after the appointed time. (references)

France

France's climate is temperate which varies somewhat from north to south. (references)

Bolivia

Office hours are the same throughout the year but vary somewhat from city to city. (references)

Women

Nicaragua

According to a 1998 report, women have equal or somewhat better access to education than men, especially in urban areas. (references)

Senegal

In urban areas, women encountered somewhat less discrimination and were active in government, political life, the legal profession, and business. (references)

Yemen

In general women in the south, particularly in Aden, are better educated and have had somewhat greater employment opportunities than their northern counterparts. (references)

Worker Rights

Slovak Republic

Special conditions and protections, though somewhat less stringent, apply to young workers up to the age of 18 years. (references)

United Arab Emirates

Unconfirmed international press reports suggest there are several thousand prostitutes working in Dubai and the northern emirates, with a somewhat lower number working in Abu Dhabi. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "somewhat": age somewhat ♦ grow somewhat pale ♦ i was somewhat surprised ♦ somewhat drunk ♦ somewhat faded ♦ somewhat late ♦ somewhat of ♦ somewhat of a. Additional references.

Beginning with "somewhat": somewhat-pessimistic.

Afrikaans

taamlik (a, a little, enough, fairly, quite, rather, relatively, some, sufficiently, to, to some extend, to some extent), nogal (a, a little, enough, quite, rather, some, sufficiently, to, to some extend, to some extent). (various references)

Albanian

paska, pak (briefly, dab, few, just, just a little, little, narrowly, rather, slightly, some, to some extent), disi (indifferently, kind of, rather, somehow), diçka (any, anything, aught, either, somebody, someone, something). (various references)

Arabic 

‏قليلا (slightly), ‏بعض الشىء (comparatively, some), ‏بعض (any, few, little, several, some). (various references)

Bulgarian 

част от, малко (any, awhile, bit, few, little, remotely, several, slightly, some, sort of), известна степен, доста (considerably, distinctly, great deal, half, nice and, pretty, quite, rather, reasonably, some, tolerably, well), до известна степен (kind of, partly, rather, some). (various references)

Catalan

poc (little, rather, some, to some extent). (various references)

Chinese 

有些 (some). (various references)

Czech

ponìkud (rather, sort of). (various references)

Danish

lidt (rather, some, to some extend, to some extent). (various references)

Dutch

wat (any, anything, as, how, like, rather, some, something, such as, that, to some extent, what). (various references)

Esperanto

iom (rather, some, to some extent). (various references)

Faeroese

nakað (a little, anything, rather, some, something, to some extent), eitt sindur (a little, rather, some, to some extent). (various references)

Farsi 

مقدارنامعلومی , مختصری , قدری (Piece, Some, Something), تاحدی (Cretain, Kindof, Partly, Pretty). (various references)

Finnish

jonkin verran (a little, in some measure, rather, some, to some extent). (various references)

French

une certaine quantité (some, to some extent), un peu (some, something), quelque peu (somewhat of, to some extent). (various references)

German

etwas (a bit, a little, any, anything, aught, poco, rather, slightly, some, something, to some extent), ein wenig (a little, poco, rather, slightly, some, to some extent), ein bißchen (a bit, a little, rather, some, to some extent). (various references)

Greek 

κάπωσ (just about, rather, somehow), κάπως (rather, somehow), κάτι (anything, something). (various references)

Hawaiian

pak (a little, rather, some, to some extent). (various references)

Hebrew 

משהו (anything, aught, slightly, something), למדי (enough, fairly, pretty, quite, sufficiently), קצת (a few, little, slightly, some, trifle), כל שהו (slightly, whatever), במשהו. (various references)

Hungarian

némileg (slightly, some, something). (various references)

Indonesian

enggan-enggan (hesitate, somewhat reluctant, waver). (various references)

Irish

beagÚn (diminutive, little, rather, small, some, to some extent). (various references)

Italian

piuttosto (better, kind of, little, preferably, pretty, quite, rather, soon, sooner), alquanto (a certain amount, a few, a little, little, rather). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

聊か (a bit, a little), 鳥渡 (a short time, a while, easily, just a little, just a minute, rather, readily), 稍 (a little, a short time, a while, partially), 些さか (a bit, a little), 些か (a bit, a little), 幾らか (a little, anything, in part, some, something), 幾分 , 何だか (a little, somehow), 多少　 (a little, more or less, some), 多少 (a little, more or less, some), エッフェル塔 (and so forth, Eden, Edinburgh, edit, editing, edition, editor, editorial, editorial design, education, Eiffel Tower, enamel, enamel paint, energy, et cetera, ethos, Oedipus complex, star, stranger, tufted puffin), 心持ち (feeling, mood, slightly), 一寸 (a short time, a while, easily, just a little, just a minute, one, one sun, rather, readily). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たしょう (a little, future existence, many omens, metempsychosis, more or less, much happiness, previous existence, some, third person, transmigration), なんだか (a little, somehow), いくぶん, いくらか (a little, anything, in part, some, something), いささか (a bit, a little), こころもち (feeling, mood, slightly), やや (a little, a short time, a while, partially), エトワス , ちょっと (a short time, a while, easily, just a little, just a minute, rather, readily). (various references)

Korean 

약간. (various references)

Malay

agak (a little, enough, fairly, quite, rather, relatively, some, sufficiently, to some extent). (various references)

Manx

red beg (a bit, rather, slightly), paart beg, cooid veg, cooid ennagh, beggan (a few, faintly, little, partly, slightly, small piece). (various references)

Pig Latin

omewhatsay.(various references)

Polish

trochę (a little, rather, some, to some extent), ileś (a little, rather, some, to some extent). (various references)

Portuguese

umtanto (rather, some), umpouco (rather, some), um tanto (rater, rather, some), um pouco (a little, rater, rather, some, taste), mais ou menos (middling, more or less, so, some, so-so, thereabout), algo (anything, riches, something). (various references)

Romanian

cam (a little, about, approximately, around, circa, pretty, rather, roundabout, some, somewhere, thereabouts, to some extent). (various references)

Russian 

отчасти (partly), некоторая часть, до некоторой степени (in a manner, in some measure, partly, to a certain degree, to some degree). (various references)

Scottish

car (before an adj. : car coltach ri, fraud : an caraibh a, somewhat like, trick, turn, twist). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

nešto (little: a little, some, something), malo (few, kind of, little, little: a little, slightly, small, some). (various references)

Spanish

poco (a fat lot, a little, bit, extreme, lesser, little, little bit, rather, shallow, short, some, thin, to some extend, to some extent), bastante (a good bit, a good deal, a good few, a little, enough, fairly, lot, nice, passably, pretty, quite, quite a bit, quite a bit of, quite a few, quite a lot of, rather, some, sufficient, sufficiently, to some extend, to some extent). (various references)

Swedish

något (any, anybody, anyone, anything, one, some, somebody, someone, something). (various references)

Thai

ค่อนข้าง (rather, somedeal). (various references)

Turkish

oldukça (a bit of a, a good many, a whale of, fairly, good, pretty, quite, rather, reasonably, spanking, substantially, well, well enough, whopping), birazcık (a little, just a little, something of, soupcon, to a degree), biraz (a bit, a little, any, awhile, modicum, not least, some, something of, tolerable), bir tür, bir parça (a bit, a bit of a, a little, a piece of, dollop, dosage, dose, element, faint, ounce, piece, some, something of, soupcon), bir miktar (a number of), bir dereceye kadar (as far as, in some degree, some, to a degree), az çok (kind of, moderately, more or less, rather). (various references)

Turkmen 

hili-bir hili (homogeneous), birhili (monotonous, strange). (various references)

Ukrainian

небагато (a few, few, little, only a few, some few), почасти. (various references)

Vietnamese 

một chút (shred, spice, tittle, tot, trifle), hơi (draught, rather, remote, slightly, unexhausted, vapour), gọi là (something). (various references)

Welsh

ychydig (few, little, rather, some), taran (rather, thunder), go (rather), braidd (almost, barely, hardly, only just, rather, scarcely). (various references)

aliquanto, aliquantum, aliquid, paulo, paululum, paulum. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "somewhat": somewhats. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Somewhat" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Samawah, Soeharto, somewhen. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: twasome.

-2 letters: mahoes, swathe, wheats.

-3 letters: atoms, ethos, haems, haets, hames, haste, hates, hawse, heats, homes, hosta, howes, mahoe, mates, maths, meats, meows, meths, moats, moste, motes, moths, oaths, satem, shame, shawm, shoat, shote, smote, steam, stoae, stoma, swath, sweat, tames, tawse, teams, thaws, thews, those, toeas, tomes, twaes, wames, waste, whamo, whams.

+1 letter: somewhats.

+2 letters: earthworms, heartworms.

+3 letters: mouthwashes, threadworms, whoremaster.

+4 letters: whoremasters.

+5 letters: commonwealths, flamethrowers.