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Mates who run riot, to a certain extent
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somewhat
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1200, "in a certain amount, to a certain degree," from some + what . Replaced Old English sumdæl , sume dæle "somewhat, some portion," literally "some deal."
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
adv. To a limited extent or degree. n. 1 More or less; a certain quantity or degree; a part, more or less; something. 2 A person or thing of importance; a somebody. pron. (context archaic English) something.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a little/somewhat/slightly surprised ▪ He was a little surprised by her request. rather/somewhat/quite/fairly unusual ▪ The design of the house was somewhat unusual. somewhat embarrassed (= slightly embarrassed ) ▪ ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adv. 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" [syn: slightly ] to a moderately sufficient extent or degree; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Somewhat \Some"what`\, adv. In some degree or measure; a little. His giantship is gone, somewhat crestfallen. --Milton. Somewhat back from the village street. --Longfellow.
Usage examples of somewhat.
Dale of the Tower: there shall we abide a while to gather victual, a day or two, or three maybe: so my Lord will hold a tourney there: that is to say that I myself and some few others shall try thy manhood somewhat.
Bally reports a somewhat similar instance, in which, three months after ingestion, during an attack of peripneumonia, a foreign body was extracted from an abscess of the thorax, between the 2d and 3d ribs.
We may infer that the carbonate of ammonia is absorbed by the glands, not only from its action being so rapid, but from its effect being somewhat different from that of other salts.
On the other hand, accelerated motion, although somewhat more complicated than constant-velocity motion, is concrete and tangible.
Men and women bright enough to run a particle accelerator the size of a small planet likewise had to be at least somewhat aware that they were being manipulated, even as they let it happen.
Boil off the gas, add ammonia until a precipitate is formed, and then acidify somewhat strongly with acetic acid.
The degree of acidity of the secretion varied somewhat on the glands of the same leaf.
It possesses an acrid, biting taste, somewhat like that of the Peppermint, which resides in the glandular dots sprinkled about its surface, and which is lost in drying.
I saw, sitting before a table, a woman already somewhat advanced in age, with two young girls and two boys, but I looked in vain for the actress, whom Don Sancio Pico at last presented to me in the shape of one of the two boys, who was remarkably handsome and might have been seventeen.
Shaddack was acutely aware of the stench of blood, to which he had somewhat accustomed himself.
The exposed bone is somewhat decalcified, and adipocere seems firmly established throughout.
Cut Paper Wrap Stone introduces us to Ethan Ring, a character somewhat like other cyberpunk heroes in his anomie, but less hard- edged and nihilistic -- rather than burnt out and affectless, Ring is plagued by guilt and self-recrimination over his deeds as an interrogator and assassin for the security arm of the pan-European government.
You have to be somewhat of an aficionado to appreciate riding a bike--even a Harley--in this kind of weather.
A leaf placed in milk had the contents of its cells somewhat aggregated in 1 hr.
His fingers were somewhat hampered by the bars, but Alec got Tell Micum silver fish.