TO THAT EXTENT

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does to that extent mean? 

• TO THAT EXTENT (adverb)
  The adverb TO THAT EXTENT has 1 sense:

1. to the degree or extent that

  Familiarity information: TO THAT EXTENT used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TO THAT EXTENT (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

To the degree or extent that

Synonyms:

in so far; insofar; so far; to that degree; to that extent

Context example:

so far as it is reasonably practical he should practice restraint

 Context examples 

“But I never thought so, before. Sincerely, honestly, indeed, Mr. Spenlow, I never thought so, before. I love Miss Spenlow to that extent—”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

My father had often hinted that she seldom conducted herself like any ordinary Christian; and now, instead of ringing the bell, she came and looked in at that identical window, pressing the end of her nose against the glass to that extent, that my poor dear mother used to say it became perfectly flat and white in a moment.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

He would sometimes think he had got the better of his objection, and be amiable for a few minutes; and then would put up his snub nose, and howl to that extent, that there was nothing for it but to blind him and put him in the plate-warmer.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

He coughed to that extent, and his breath eluded all his attempts to recover it with that obstinacy, that I fully expected to see his head go down behind the counter, and his little black breeches, with the rusty little bunches of ribbons at the knees, come quivering up in a last ineffectual struggle.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)