reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly, somewhat, fairly, middling, passably
(adverb) to certain extent or degree; “pretty big”; “pretty bad”; “jolly decent of him”; “the shoes are priced reasonably”; “he is fairly clever with computers”
slightly, somewhat, more or less
(adverb) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
somewhat (not comparable)
(degree) To a limited extent or degree.
somewhat
(archaic) Something.
somewhat (countable and uncountable, plural somewhats)
More or less; a certain quantity or degree; a part, more or less; something.
A person or thing of importance; a somebody.
Source: Wiktionary
Some"what`, n.
1. More or less; a certain quantity or degree; a part, more or less; something. These salts have somewhat of a nitrous taste. Grew. Somewhat of his good sense will suffer, in this transfusion, and much of the beauty of his thoughts will be lost. Dryden.
2. A person or thing of importance; a somebody. Here come those that worship me. They think that I am somewhat. Tennyson.
Some"what`, adv.
Definition: In some degree or measure; a little. His giantship is gone, somewhat crestfallen. Milton. Somewhat back from the village street. Longfellow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 May 2025
(noun) the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
