Somewhat — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

to a small degree or extent

to a moderately sufficient extent or degree

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sˈʌmwʌt/

🇬🇧British English

/sˈʌmwɒt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˈʌmwɒt/

3 syllables Say it as /sˈʌmwʌt/.

Examples

his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory
the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other
pretty big

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

slightly reasonably middling passably more or less pretty fairly jolly moderately

Antonyms

unreasonably immoderately

Parts of Speech

adverb	to a small degree or extent “his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory”
adverb	to a moderately sufficient extent or degree “pretty big”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

etwas

in geringem Maße oder Umfang

🇫🇷French

quelque peu

dans une faible mesure ou dans une certaine mesure

🇪🇸Spanish

un poco

en un pequeño grado o medida

🇮🇹Italian

un po'

in una piccola misura o misura

🇳🇱Dutch

enigszins

in kleine mate of mate

🇵🇹Portuguese

de alguma forma

em um pequeno grau ou extensão

🇷🇺Russian

несколько

в небольшой степени или степени

India

🇮🇳Hindi

कुछ हद तक

थोड़ी मात्रा या सीमा तक

🇧🇩Bengali

কিছুটা

একটি ছোট ডিগ্রী বা পরিমাণে

🇮🇳Tamil

ஓரளவு

ஒரு சிறிய அளவு அல்லது அளவிற்கு

🇮🇳Telugu

కొంతవరకు

ఒక చిన్న డిగ్రీ లేదా మేరకు

🇮🇳Marathi

काहीसे

थोड्या प्रमाणात किंवा प्रमाणात

🇮🇳Gujarati

કંઈક અંશે

નાની ડિગ્રી અથવા હદ સુધી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸ್ವಲ್ಪಮಟ್ಟಿಗೆ

ಸಣ್ಣ ಮಟ್ಟಕ್ಕೆ ಅಥವಾ ಮಟ್ಟಿಗೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഒരു പരിധിവരെ

ഒരു ചെറിയ അളവിലോ പരിധിയിലോ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਕੁਝ ਹੱਦ ਤੱਕ

ਥੋੜ੍ਹੀ ਜਿਹੀ ਡਿਗਰੀ ਜਾਂ ਹੱਦ ਤੱਕ

🇵🇰Urdu

کسی حد تک

ایک چھوٹی سی ڈگری یا حد تک

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

有些

在很小的程度上或程度

🇯🇵Japanese

幾分

わずかな程度または範囲で

🇰🇷Korean

약간

어느 정도

🇻🇳Vietnamese

phần nào

ở một mức độ nhỏ hoặc mức độ

🇹🇭Thai

ค่อนข้าง

ในระดับเล็กน้อยหรือขอบเขต

🇮🇩Indonesian

agak

pada tingkat atau batas yang kecil

🇵🇭Filipino

medyo

sa isang maliit na antas o lawak

🇲🇾Malay

agaknya

pada tahap atau tahap yang kecil

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

إلى حد ما

بدرجة قليلة أو إلى حد ما

🇮🇷Persian

تا حدودی

به درجه یا مقدار کمی

🇹🇷Turkish

biraz

küçük bir dereceye veya ölçüde

🇮🇱Hebrew

קְצָת

במידה או במידה קטנה

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What is the primary definition of the word 'somewhat'?

The primary meaning of 'somewhat' is 'to a small degree or extent'.

Which of the following sentences uses the word 'somewhat' in a grammatically correct way?

Using 'somewhat' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

In which domain is the word 'somewhat' most likely to appear as standard vocabulary?

'somewhat' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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