somewhat
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somewhat
- /ˈsʌmwɒt/ UK
- /ˈsʌmwʌt/ US
Where it comes from
From some + what.
adverb summat
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To a limited extent or degree; not completely.
The crowd was somewhat larger than expected, perhaps due to the good weather.
Similar: a bit, a touch, only just, acceptably, adequately, averagely, fairly, halfway, in a way, indifferent, mackly, moderately · Opposite: absolutely, quite, wholly, totally, all-out, tout à fait, all the way, stone-cold, blind, altogether, stark, cold
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Very.
That hat seems somewhat small for him.
Similar: a bit, absolutely, ever so, quite, above a bit, sorely, widely, horribly, horrendously, bone, abundantly, all too · Opposite: a touch, only just, scarcely, a bit, a little, a little bit, a mite, a smidgen, a smidgeon, a tad, a trifle, barely
pronoun summat
- Something. Proceeding to the midst he stil did stand, As if in minde he somewhat had to say […]
noun somewhats · summat
- A certain quantity or degree; a part, more or less; something. Somewhat of his good sense will suffer, in this transfusion, and much of the beauty of his thoughts will be lost.
- A person or thing of importance; a somebody. c. 1810-1820, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Troilus and Cressida Pity that the researchful notary has not either told us in what century, and of what history, he was a writer, or been simply content to depose, that Lollius, if a writer of that name existed at all, was a somewhat somewhere.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: moderately, slightly, fairly, reasonably, passably, middling, within reason, somedeal, kinda, sorta, partly, partially, marginally, mildly, little, slight
Translations
Every language
adv limited extent
| Español | algo, un tanto |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 多少 tashō, やや yaya, ある程度 aru teido |
| 中文 | 多少, 有點 /有点 yǒudiǎn, 幾分 /几分, 有些 yǒuxiē, 有所 yǒusuǒ |
| Português | um tanto, meio |
| Français | assez, quelque peu |
| Deutsch | etwas, einigermaßen |
| Italiano | alquanto, piuttosto |
| Română | întrucâtva |
| Русский | не́сколько néskolʹko, отча́сти otčásti, в не́которой сте́пени v nékotoroj stépeni, до не́которой сте́пени do nékotoroj stépeni, немно́го nemnógo |
| Tiếng Việt | hơi |
Talk about this word "somewhat." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/somewhat. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. somewhat. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/somewhat "somewhat." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/somewhat.Cite this
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title = {somewhat},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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