adv
Meaning 1
To a limited extent or degree; not completely.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- The crowd was somewhat larger than expected, perhaps due to the good weather.
- The decision to shave or not is a somewhat personal one.
- The searing heat cooled somewhat as the sun set in the evening.
- That hat seems somewhat small for him.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: a bit, a touch, only just, acceptably, adequately, averagely, fairly, halfway, in a way, indifferent, mackly, moderately, middlesome, middling, middlingly, not quite, partially, passably, quite, rather, reasonably, somewhat, somewhatly, sufficiently, tolerably, a little, a little bit, a mite, a smidgen, a smidgeon, a tad, a trifle, barely, closely, faintly, hardly, imperceptibly, just, kinda, kinda sorta, kind of, low-key, marginally, mildly, modestly, nearly, scarcely, slightly, sorta, sorta kinda, sort of
Antonyms: absolutely, quite, wholly, totally, all-out, tout à fait, all the way, blind, altogether, at large, at length, cap-a-pie, categorically, completely, detailly, downright, entirely, exhaustively, finally, first and last, flat-out, flat out, from aardvark to zymurgy, from A to Z, from head to toe, from soup to nuts, from stem to stern, from the rooter to the tooter, from top to bottom, from top to toe, fully, handsomely, heartily, head to foot, head to tail, head to toe, hook, line, and sinker, in detail, in full, lock, stock, and barrel, one hundred percent, out-and-out, out and out, outright, particularly, perfectly, plumb, properly, purely, right, root and branch, soundly, soup-to-nuts, straight up, through and through, top to tail, top to toe, totes, to the bone, to the core, to the full, utterly, well and truly, whole, whole cloth