somewhat

[ˈsʌmwʌt]

Definition:
1. To a small degree or extent.
2. To a moderately sufficient extent or degree.

Use 'somewhat' in a sentence:

• 1. Mrs. Winter was large and somewhat overpowering.
• 2. The staff were somewhat alarmed by the man, who was in an excitable state.
• 3. I'm somewhat suspicious of his intentions.
• 4. He has become somewhat impatient with the woman.
• 5. He faced the press, initially, in a somewhat subdued mood.
• 6. Mrs. Dambar was talking very rapidly and somewhat forcefully.
• 7. They smiled at one another, somewhat falsely.
• 8. It has been a somewhat fraught day.
• 9. I'm somewhat tired of working here.
• 10. American analysts have been somewhat cautious in estimating the size of the B2B market.
• 11. He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities.
• 12. She was somewhat unapproachable but I'm sure she wanted to be friendly.
• 13. His jokes were somewhat farfetched.
• 14. This may vary somewhat from the general rules.
• 15. The article presents a somewhat lopsided view of events.
• 16. He concluded that Oswald was somewhat abnormal.
• 17. Somewhat ingenuously, he explains how the crime may be accomplished.
• 18. I'm somewhat daunted by the size of the task.
• 19. Memorandums and letters differ somewhat in appearance.
• 20. Mrs Winter was large and somewhat overpowering.
• 21. This decision puts the President in a somewhat tenuous position.
• 22. He explained somewhat unconvincingly that the company was paying for everything.
• 23. I was somewhat surprised to see him.
• 24. He has a somewhat donnish air about him.
• 25. These wines may taste rather hard and somewhat acid.
• 26. His analysis was rooted in a somewhat tendentious reading of French history.
• 27. We drove through a somewhat moth-eaten deer park.
• 28. He hopes to improve the newspaper's somewhat tarnished public image.
• 29. His theories are somewhat remote from reality.
• 30. That's not a bad way to proceed, just somewhat different.
• 31. Marine construction technology like this is very complex, somewhat analogous to trying to build a bridge under water.
• 32. Although his relationship with his mother had improved somewhat, he was still depressed.
• 33. You may find it somewhat overwhelming at first.
• 34. I found her a rather austere, distant, somewhat cold person.
• 35. She came to him somewhat excited and curious and flustered.
• 36. Courtship is somewhat vocal with a lot of displaying by the male.
• 37. Amongst relief workers, the immediate sense of crisis has moderated somewhat.
• 38. What happened to them remains somewhat of a mystery.
• 39. Charles's letter was indeed published, albeit in a somewhat abbreviated form.
• 40. The daughter of a railway engineer, she at first had a somewhat nomadic childhood.
• 41. The situation has changed somewhat since we last met.
• 42. He had a somewhat murky past.
• 43. Research in this area is somewhat equivocal.
• 44. Rules governing student conduct relaxed somewhat in recent years.
• 45. The somewhat acid flavour is caused by the presence of lactic acid.