US /ˈsʌmwʌt/ UK /ˈsʌmwɒt/
adv pron noun Freq #4982

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    To a small degree; a little, but not completely.

    The crowd was somewhat larger than expected, perhaps because of the good weather.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adv · to a small degree; a... a bita littlea little bitmore or less
Word family
Derived forms somewhatlysomewhatness

Etymology

From some + what.

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