SOMEWHAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does somewhat mean? 

• SOMEWHAT (adverb)
  The adverb SOMEWHAT has 2 senses:

1. to a small degree or extent

2. to certain extent or degree

  Familiarity information: SOMEWHAT used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOMEWHAT (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

To a small degree or extent

Synonyms:

more or less; slightly; somewhat

Context example:

the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other

Sense 2

Meaning:

To certain extent or degree

Synonyms:

fairly; jolly; middling; moderately; passably; pretty; reasonably; somewhat

Context example:

he is fairly clever with computers

 Context examples 

Somewhat rougher, I warrant, than what you have been used to, but still-man-play.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

"There you reason somewhat ahead of the proved facts," said the stubborn Summerlee.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The ladies were somewhat more fortunate, for they had the advantage of ascertaining from an upper window that he wore a blue coat, and rode a black horse.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Bessie's presence, compared with the thoughts over which I had been brooding, seemed cheerful; even though, as usual, she was somewhat cross.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

ErbB2, ErbB3, and ErbB4 are somewhat unique among studied receptor tyrosine kinases in that they exhibit impaired ligand-induced internalization, down-regulation, and degradation.

(ErbB3 Receptor Recycling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

This little spirit of temper was somewhat of a relief to Mr. Utterson.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

His appearance, different from any I had ever before seen, and his flight somewhat surprised me.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

These bacterial cousins, whose genomes vary somewhat, do not thrive in a fructoselysine-rich environment.

(Human Gut Microbe Could Make Processed Foods Healthier, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Again a startled look came over the somewhat vacuous face of Miss Mary Sutherland.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

These considerations moved me to hasten my departure somewhat sooner than I intended; to which the court, impatient to have me gone, very readily contributed.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)