somewhat

English

Etymology

some +‎ what

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈsʌmwɒt/
• (US) IPA: /ˈsʌmwʌt/

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• Hyphenation: some‧what

Adverb

somewhat (not comparable)

1. To a limited extent or degree.

   The crowd was somewhat larger than expected, perhaps due to the good weather.

   The decision to shave or not is a somewhat personal one.

Translations

limited extent

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 多少 (cmn) (duōshǎo), 有點 (cmn), 有点 (cmn) (yǒudiǎn), 幾分 (cmn), 几分 (cmn) (jǐfēn)

• Czech: poněkud (cs)
• Dutch: ietwat, een beetje, enigszins
• Finnish: jonkin verran (fi), jossain määrin (fi)
• French: assez (fr), quelque peu (fr)
• German: etwas (de)
• Irish: breis (ga)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: نه‌ختێک, که‌مێک

• Macedonian: донекаде (mk) (donékade)

• Norwegian: noen lunde (no)
• Polish: trochę (pl), nieco (pl), dość (pl)
• Portuguese: um tanto, meio (pt)
• Romanian: întrucâtva (ro)
• Russian: несколько (néskol’ko)
• Scottish Gaelic: leth-char (gd), car (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian: ponešto (sh), donekle (sh)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: tšochu

• Spanish: algo (es), un poco (es)
• Turkish: biraz (tr), bir nebze (tr), bir miktar (tr), bir parça (tr)
• Volapük: boso (vo)

See also

• slightly

Pronoun

somewhat

1. (now archaic) Something.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.12:

     Proceeding to the midst he stil did stand, / As if in minde he somewhat had to say […].

Translations

something

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 某東西 (cmn), 某东西 (cmn) (mǒudōngxi), 某物 (cmn) (mǒuwù)

• Romanian: ceva (ro)
• Russian: несколько (ru) (néskol’ko) 

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: remain · covered · born · #718: somewhat · figure · goes · youth