"somewhat" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈsʌmwɒt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsʌmwʌt/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-somewhat.ogg [General-American]
Etymology: some + what Etymology templates: {{compound|en|some|what}} some + what Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} somewhat (not comparable)
  1. To a limited extent or degree; not completely. Tags: not-comparable Translations (limited extent): ма́лко (málko) (Bulgarian), до изве́стна сте́пен (do izvéstna stépen) (Bulgarian), نەختێک (nextêk) (Central Kurdish), کەمێک (kemêk) (Central Kurdish), 多少 (duōshǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 有點 (Chinese Mandarin), 有点 (yǒudiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 幾分 (Chinese Mandarin), 几分 (jǐfēn) (Chinese Mandarin), 有些 (yǒuxiē) (Chinese Mandarin), 有所 (yǒusuǒ) (Chinese Mandarin), poněkud (Czech), ietwat (Dutch), een beetje (Dutch), enigszins (Dutch), jonkin verran (Finnish), jossain määrin (Finnish), assez (French), quelque peu (French), dalgún xeito (Galician), etwas (German), einigermaßen (German), kicsit (Hungarian), kicsivel (Hungarian), valamivel (Hungarian), valamelyest (Hungarian), kissé (Hungarian), breis (Irish), rud beag (Irish), 多少 (tashō) (alt: たしょう) (Japanese), やや (yaya) (Japanese), ある程度 (aru teido) (alt: あるていど) (Japanese), aliquantum (Latin), tšochu (Lower Sorbian), донекаде (donekade) (Macedonian), hanga (note: placed before the verb it modifies) (Maori), āhua (note: placed before the word it modifies) (Maori), tʼáá yédígo (Navajo), noen lunde (Norwegian), eenjemoten (Plautdietsch), trochę (Polish), nieco (Polish), dość (Polish), poniekąd (Polish), niejako (Polish), um tanto (Portuguese), meio (Portuguese), întrucâtva (Romanian), не́сколько (néskolʹko) (Russian), отча́сти (otčásti) (Russian), в не́которой сте́пени (v nékotoroj stépeni) (Russian), до не́которой сте́пени (do nékotoroj stépeni) (Russian), немно́го (nemnógo) (Russian), leth-char (Scottish Gaelic), car (Scottish Gaelic), ponešto (Serbo-Croatian), donekle (Serbo-Croatian), algo (Spanish), un poco (Spanish), de algún modo (Spanish), de alguna manera (Spanish), en cierto modo (Spanish), något (Swedish), biraz (Turkish), bir nebze (Turkish), bir miktar (Turkish), bir parça (Turkish), де́що (déščo) (Ukrainian), пе́вною мі́рою (pévnoju míroju) (Ukrainian), поча́сти (počásty) (Ukrainian), hơi (Vietnamese), boso (Volapük), eithaf (Welsh), rhywfaint (Welsh), עפּעס (epes) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-somewhat-en-adv-RZENhKEz Disambiguation of 'limited extent': 88 12
  2. (UK, meiosis) Very. Tags: UK, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-somewhat-en-adv-jCQlllvP Categories (other): British English, English meioses, Central Kurdish terms with redundant script codes, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English hedges, English positive polarity items, English pronouns Disambiguation of Central Kurdish terms with redundant script codes: 6 42 45 5 2 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 7 56 33 3 1 Disambiguation of English hedges: 11 54 25 5 5 Disambiguation of English positive polarity items: 15 40 28 9 8 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 4 59 28 6 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: summat (english: and variants listed there) [British, dialectal] Related terms: slightly

Noun

IPA: /ˈsʌmwɒt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsʌmwʌt/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-somewhat.ogg [General-American] Forms: somewhats [plural]
Etymology: some + what Etymology templates: {{compound|en|some|what}} some + what Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} somewhat (countable and uncountable, plural somewhats)
  1. More or less; a certain quantity or degree; a part, more or less; something. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-somewhat-en-noun-1-cULTPd Categories (other): Central Kurdish terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Central Kurdish terms with redundant script codes: 6 42 45 5 2
  2. A person or thing of importance; a somebody. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-somewhat-en-noun-xpfZUO2K
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: summat (english: and variants listed there) [British, dialectal]

Pronoun

IPA: /ˈsʌmwɒt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsʌmwʌt/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-somewhat.ogg [General-American]
Etymology: some + what Etymology templates: {{compound|en|some|what}} some + what Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|||||||||||||||||||head=}} somewhat, {{en-pron}} somewhat
  1. (archaic) Something. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-somewhat-en-pron-EiSarHKX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: summat (english: and variants listed there) [British, dialectal]

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "some",
        "3": "what"
      },
      "expansion": "some + what",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "some + what",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "somewhat (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "some‧what"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "slightly"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The crowd was somewhat larger than expected, perhaps due to the good weather.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The decision to shave or not is a somewhat personal one.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To a limited extent or degree; not completely."
      ],
      "id": "en-somewhat-en-adv-RZENhKEz",
      "links": [
        [
          "completely",
          "completely"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "málko",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "ма́лко"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "do izvéstna stépen",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "до изве́стна сте́пен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "duōshǎo",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "多少"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "有點"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yǒudiǎn",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "有点"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "幾分"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jǐfēn",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "几分"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yǒuxiē",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "有些"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yǒusuǒ",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "有所"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "poněkud"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "ietwat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "een beetje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "enigszins"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "jonkin verran"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "jossain määrin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "assez"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "quelque peu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "dalgún xeito"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "etwas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "einigermaßen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "kicsit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "kicsivel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "valamivel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "valamelyest"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "kissé"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "breis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "rud beag"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "alt": "たしょう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tashō",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "多少"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yaya",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "やや"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "alt": "あるていど",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "aru teido",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "ある程度"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "nextêk",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "نەختێک"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "kemêk",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "کەمێک"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "note": "(prefixed to adjectives or adverbs) sub-",
          "sense": "limited extent"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "aliquantum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "donekade",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "донекаде"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "note": "placed before the verb it modifies",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "hanga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "note": "placed before the word it modifies",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "āhua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "tʼáá yédígo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "noen lunde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "eenjemoten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "trochę"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "nieco"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "dość"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "poniekąd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "niejako"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "um tanto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "meio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "întrucâtva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "néskolʹko",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "не́сколько"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otčásti",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "отча́сти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "v nékotoroj stépeni",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "в не́которой сте́пени"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "do nékotoroj stépeni",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "до не́которой сте́пени"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nemnógo",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "немно́го"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "leth-char"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "car"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "ponešto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "donekle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "dsb",
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "tšochu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "algo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "un poco"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "de algún modo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "de alguna manera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "en cierto modo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "något"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "biraz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "bir nebze"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "bir miktar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "bir parça"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "déščo",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "де́що"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pévnoju míroju",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "пе́вною мі́рою"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "počásty",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "поча́сти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "hơi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "boso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "eithaf"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "rhywfaint"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "epes",
          "sense": "limited extent",
          "word": "עפּעס"
        }
      ]
    },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English meioses",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 42 45 5 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Central Kurdish terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 56 33 3 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 54 25 5 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English hedges",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 40 28 9 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English positive polarity items",
          "parents": [
            "Positive polarity items",
            "Terms by semantic function"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 59 28 6 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1942 September and October, “Notes and News: Lynton & Barnstaple Stock”, in Railway Magazine, page 309",
          "text": "Two of the coaches are still on the site of the line; one, a first class observation coach carrying the S.R. number 6991, is at Snapper Halt, where it still stands, in fair condition but somewhat weatherbeaten […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Very."
      ],
      "id": "en-somewhat-en-adv-jCQlllvP",
      "links": [
        [
          "Very",
          "very"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, meiosis) Very."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsʌmwɒt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsʌmwʌt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
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          "text": "a. 1716, Robert Trail, sermon on the Lord's Prayer\nBut this text and theme I am upon, relates to somewhat far higher and greater, than all the beholdings of his glory that ever any saint on earth received."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Something."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Something",
          "something"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) Something."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsʌmwɒt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsʌmwʌt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-somewhat.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/15/En-us-somewhat.ogg/En-us-somewhat.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/En-us-somewhat.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (GA)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "and variants listed there",
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "summat"
    }
  ],
  "word": "somewhat"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Central Kurdish terms with redundant script codes",
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English adverbs",
    "English compound terms",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English degree adverbs",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English hedges",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English positive polarity items",
    "English pronouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncomparable adverbs",
    "English uncountable nouns"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "some",
        "3": "what"
      },
      "expansion": "some + what",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "some + what",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "somewhats",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "somewhat (countable and uncountable, plural somewhats)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "some‧what"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "More or less; a certain quantity or degree; a part, more or less; something."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "c. 1810-1820, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Troilus and Cressida\nPity that the researchful notary has not either told us in what century, and of what history, he was a writer, or been simply content to depose, that Lollius, if a writer of that name existed at all, was a somewhat somewhere."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person or thing of importance; a somebody."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsʌmwɒt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsʌmwʌt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-somewhat.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/15/En-us-somewhat.ogg/En-us-somewhat.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/En-us-somewhat.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (GA)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "and variants listed there",
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "summat"
    }
  ],
  "word": "somewhat"
}

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