'Somewhat' definitions:

Definition of 'somewhat'

From: WordNet
adverb
To a small degree or extent; "his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory"; "the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other" [syn: slightly, somewhat, more or less]
adverb
To a moderately sufficient extent or degree; "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him"; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers" [syn: reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly, somewhat, fairly, middling, passably] [ant: immoderately, unreasonably]

Definition of 'Somewhat'

From: GCIDE
  • Somewhat \Some"what`\, n.
  • 1. More or less; a certain quantity or degree; a part, more or less; something. [1913 Webster]
  • These salts have somewhat of a nitrous taste. --Grew. [1913 Webster]
  • Somewhat of his good sense will suffer, in this transfusion, and much of the beauty of his thoughts will be lost. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A person or thing of importance; a somebody. [1913 Webster]
  • Here come those that worship me. They think that I am somewhat. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Somewhat'

From: GCIDE
  • Somewhat \Some"what`\, adv. In some degree or measure; a little. [1913 Webster]
  • His giantship is gone, somewhat crestfallen. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Somewhat back from the village street. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'somewhat'

From: Moby Thesaurus