Usually means: To a moderate or limited extent.
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  1. somewhat: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. somewhat: Merriam-Webster
  3. somewhat: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. somewhat: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. somewhat: Collins English Dictionary
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  8. somewhat: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. somewhat: Wiktionary
  10. somewhat: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. somewhat: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. somewhat: Infoplease Dictionary
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  14. somewhat: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. somewhat: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Somewhat: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. somewhat: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. somewhat: Rhymezone
  19. somewhat: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. somewhat: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. somewhat: FreeDictionary.org
  22. somewhat: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  23. somewhat: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. somewhat: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. somewhat: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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  1. somewhat: Legal dictionary

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  1. somewhat: Urban Dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adverb:  To a limited extent or degree; not completely.
▸ adverb:  (UK, meiosis) Very.
▸ noun:  More or less; a certain quantity or degree; a part, more or less; something.
▸ noun:  A person or thing of importance; a somebody.

Similar:
passably, fairly, reasonably, moderately, middling, slightly, within reason, decidedly, quite, mildly, more...

Opposite:
entirely, completely, absolutely, totally, fully

Phrases:
somewhat of, somewhat more portly, somewhat discreet tattoo location, somewhat urgent, somewhat colorless, more...

Adjectives:
little, satisfied, true, average, same, unfathomable, unknown, interested, right, middle, divine

Colors:
    beige,     taupe,     mauve,     sage,     olive, more...


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Similar:
passably, fairly, reasonably, moderately, middling, slightly, within reason, decidedly, quite, mildly, more...

Opposite:
entirely, completely, absolutely, totally, fully

Phrases:
somewhat of, somewhat more portly, somewhat discreet tattoo location, somewhat urgent, somewhat colorless, somewhat large, somewhat damp, somewhat difficult, somewhat dull, be somewhat shy, somewhat loyal, more...

Adjectives:
little, satisfied, true, average, same, unfathomable, unknown, interested, right, middle, divine

Colors:
    beige,     taupe,     mauve,     sage,     olive, more...



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