somewhat

[suhm-hwuht, -hwot, -hwuht, -wuht, -wot, -wuht] / ˈsʌmˌʰwʌt, -ˌʰwɒt, -ʰwət, -ˌwʌt, -ˌwɒt, -wət /

ADVERB

to some extent

Synonyms

STRONGEST

a little considerably fairly far kind of moderately partially pretty quite rather significantly slightly

WEAK

adequately bearably in part incompletely insignificantly more or less not much ratherish some something sort of to a degree tolerably well

Antonyms

STRONGEST

little

WEAK

not at all

Example Sentences

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While Nottingham Forest bask in the glory of Thursday's victory over Porto in the Europa League quarter-finals, their position in the Premier League means their short and medium-term future remains somewhat complicated.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

And in a recent survey of European start-ups, 40% said it had become somewhat or significantly easier to bring in top tech hires in 2025, compared to just 15% in 2021.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

The situation is only somewhat different in the governments of Wales and Scotland, British “nations” that enjoy a level of devolved governance somewhat weaker than an American state’s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

The pay scale for administrators is somewhat higher.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

Abigail heard him out about the doomed course of the French Revolution but was somewhat more sanguine: “I ruminate upon France as I lie awake many hours before light,” she wrote.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

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