somewhat meaning and definition

SOMEWHAT adverb

Definition of somewhat (adverb)

1. 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"
   • synonyms: more or less, slightly
2. 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"
   • synonyms: fairly, jolly, middling, moderately, passably, pretty, reasonably
   • antonym: immoderately