somewhat

somewhat is on the Academic Word List.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈsʌmwɒt/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈsʌmwɑt/

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Determiner

Determiner somewhat

1. (formal) a little, not very

   What happens in the classroom can be somewhat different from the lesson plan.

   She was somewhat surprised to find her name in the morning paper.

   His guitar playing has changed somewhat since the band's first CD.

   That's somewhat of a problem.

Synonyms

• slightly
• moderately
• sort of
• kind of
• quite
• rather