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# somewhat

«somewhat» in Mova's school dictionary: **A little, to some degree, rather — not very much and not…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb; pronoun (rare, old: «somewhat of»)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A little, to some degree, rather — not very much and not completely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/somewhat/#m1)

2) (formal) Fairly; used to make a statement softer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/somewhat/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

It is a softening word: «somewhat tired» is less than «very tired». It is common in formal writing, reports and exams («the results were somewhat surprising»). In science it describes small changes: «the temperature rose somewhat». In maths word problems it means a small, not exact, amount, so it does not give a number. Phrases: «somewhat better», «somewhat surprised», «somewhat different».

### examples

- I was somewhat tired after the long walk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/somewhat/#x1)
- The test was somewhat harder than last week's. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/somewhat/#x2)
- The weather improved somewhat in the afternoon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/somewhat/#x3)
- (formal) The results were somewhat unexpected. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/somewhat/#x4)
- The two pictures are somewhat different. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/somewhat/#x5)
- She felt somewhat better after a drink of water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/somewhat/#x6)
- The price went up somewhat, but not much. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/somewhat/#x7)
- His story was somewhat hard to believe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/somewhat/#x8)
- Yamato relaxed his hold somewhat and said. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/somewhat/#x9)

### note

It is one word. It usually comes before an adjective or adverb («somewhat late») or after a verb («improved somewhat»). It means «a bit», not «something». In maths, «somewhat more» tells you only that the amount grew a little; you cannot work out an exact number from it.

### In the corpora

- [He said moreover: 'I have somewhat to say unto thee.' And she said: 'Say on.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.72/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «somewhat» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/somewhat/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.