SOMEWHAT

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

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Etymology

Adverb

somewhat (not comparable)

(degree) To a limited extent or degree.

Pronoun

somewhat

(archaic) Something.

Noun

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

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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

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