as in pretty
to some degree or extent
wear a jacket as it's somewhat chilly today
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Recent Examples of somewhat
The Fed remained mostly silent until the ’90s For most of its 113-year history, the Fed’s interest-rate decisions were somewhat of a mystery.
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Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 17 May 2026
Fugaz moved to this location early last year—the former spot was, though somewhat unbelievable, even smaller.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 May 2026
The club made the somewhat unusual decision to place an unrestricted free agent tender on Rodgers, a paperwork move that gave the Steelers a bit of protection should Rodgers have opted to sign with another team before training camp opened in late July.
—ABC News, 16 May 2026
After a somewhat quiet few days, the Cannes Film Festival is heating up with two big audience responses to buzzy films.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 15 May 2026
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Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 17 May 2026
Fugaz moved to this location early last year—the former spot was, though somewhat unbelievable, even smaller.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 May 2026
The club made the somewhat unusual decision to place an unrestricted free agent tender on Rodgers, a paperwork move that gave the Steelers a bit of protection should Rodgers have opted to sign with another team before training camp opened in late July.
—ABC News, 16 May 2026
After a somewhat quiet few days, the Cannes Film Festival is heating up with two big audience responses to buzzy films.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 15 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for somewhat
Adverb
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Sandburg’s Quinn Durkin actually developed a pretty good itinerary.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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Making contact with the phone and sending it sailing through the air had to feel pretty good after her first kick attempt came up empty.—
Sean Joseph OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
13 May 2026
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While the first debate, hosted by Nexstar on April 22, was relatively calm, the subsequent three debates were more chaotic, often serving as an opportunity for candidates to lob accusations at one another.—
James Ward,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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These relatively limited records from New Netherland consist mostly of what others said about them.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 May 2026
Adverb
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The dazzling variety of musical practices, across places and across time, surfaces this interplay in sensorily vivid terms, providing a unique opportunity to illuminate the role of history and environment on perceptual experiences that feel quite individual.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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Francesco Caballero has been juggling a lot — quite literally.—
Andrea Flores,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2026
Adverb
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That means viewership around such stuff is smaller, and the networks need to show that ads are reaching not the most people, but rather the most likely people to be interested in a bottle of soda, a specific kind of running shoe, or a new weight-loss drug.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
15 May 2026
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That’s because the government’s gas tax isn’t collected right at the pump, but rather at the wholesale level.—
Wyatte Grantham-Philips,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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But Sean Payton’s team was also abnormally good in one-score games, won its final two against division foes without their starting quarterbacks, played a third-place schedule and stayed fairly healthy — until overtime of the divisional round, at least.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
15 May 2026
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That's a fairly small sum, although many of her most famous dance cuts arrived long before iTunes, and sometimes decades before Billboard introduced the tally.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
Adverb
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Despite evidence that the two got along well enough, rumors spread in Vienna after Mozart’s death that Salieri had poisoned him.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Freezer-friendly, microwave-safe, and sturdy enough to survive a ride on NJ Transit.—
Emma Laperruque,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
18 May 2026
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“Somewhat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/somewhat. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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