English adverb: somewhat | |||
1. | somewhat to a small degree or extent | ||
Samples | His arguments were somewhat self-contradictory. The children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other. | ||
Synonyms | more or less, slightly | ||
2. | somewhat to a moderately sufficient extent or degree | ||
Samples | Pretty big. Pretty bad. Jolly decent of him. The shoes are priced reasonably. He is fairly clever with computers. | ||
Synonyms | fairly, jolly, middling, moderately, passably, pretty, reasonably | ||
Antonyms | immoderately, unreasonably | ||