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.