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1 somewhat
adv. lite, en del; ganska, rätt, något* * *adverb (rather; a little: He is somewhat sad; The news puzzled me somewhat.) något, rätt, en del -
2 somewhat excited
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3 some
adj. någon, något, några; lite; speciell; ungefär; riktig (slang)--------adv. ganska, rätt så; mycket (slang)--------pron. några, en del, en viss* * *1. pronoun, adjective1) (an indefinite amount or number (of): I can see some people walking across the field; You'll need some money if you're going shopping; Some of the ink was spilt on the desk.) några, en del, lite2) ((said with emphasis) a certain, or small, amount or number (of): `Has she any experience of the work?' `Yes, she has some.'; Some people like the idea and some don't.) någon, något, några, en del, lite, somliga... andra3) ((said with emphasis) at least one / a few / a bit (of): Surely there are some people who agree with me?; I don't need much rest from work, but I must have some.) någon [], något [], några []4) (certain: He's quite kind in some ways.) vissa, somliga2. adjective1) (a large, considerable or impressive (amount or number of): I spent some time trying to convince her; I'll have some problem sorting out these papers!) åtskillig, en hel del2) (an unidentified or unnamed (thing, person etc): She was hunting for some book that she's lost.) någon, något3) ((used with numbers) about; at a rough estimate: There were some thirty people at the reception.) ungefär, omkring3. adverb((American) somewhat; to a certain extent: I think we've progressed some.) något, en del- somebody- someday
- somehow
- someone
- something
- sometime
- sometimes
- somewhat
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4 redeeming feature
(a good quality that somewhat makes up for the bad qualities in a person or thing.) försonande drag
См. также в других словарях:
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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
somewhat — ► ADVERB ▪ to some extent. ● somewhat of Cf. ↑somewhat of … English terms dictionary
somewhat — [sum′hwut΄, sum′hwät΄, sum′wut΄, sum′wət] pron. some degree, amount, portion, or part; a bit: often followed by of [somewhat of a surprise] adv. to some extent or degree; a little; rather [somewhat late] … English World dictionary
somewhat — c.1200, a certain amount, to a certain degree, from SOME (Cf. some) + WHAT (Cf. what). Replaced O.E. sumdæl, sume dæle somewhat, some portion, lit. some deal … Etymology dictionary
somewhat of — ► somewhat of something of. Main Entry: ↑somewhat … English terms dictionary
somewhat — index fairly (moderately), in part Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
somewhat — [adv] to some extent adequately, a little, bearably, considerably, fairly, far, incompletely, in part, insignificantly, kind of, moderately, more or less, not much, partially, pretty, quite, rather, ratherish, significantly, slightly, some,… … New thesaurus
somewhat — 01. Gerry is [somewhat] taller than his brother. 02. We left home [somewhat] later than we intended because it took a while to eat breakfast. 03. We were [somewhat] disappointed with the movie. 04. The weather in Victoria is [somewhat] milder… … Grammatical examples in English
somewhat — some|what W2S2 [ˈsʌmwɔt US wa:t] adv more than a little but not very somewhat larger/higher/newer etc ▪ The price is somewhat higher than I expected. ▪ Things have changed somewhat since then. somewhat of ▪ To say that I was surprised is somewhat … Dictionary of contemporary English
somewhat — [[t]sʌ̱m(h)wɒt[/t]] ♦♦♦ ADV: ADV with cl/group You use somewhat to indicate that something is the case to a limited extent or degree. [FORMAL] He concluded that Oswald was somewhat abnormal... He explained somewhat unconvincingly that the company … English dictionary
