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somewhat English
Meaning somewhat meaning
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somewhat
somewhat
Synonyms somewhat synonyms
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Topics somewhat topics
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Examples somewhat examples
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Simple sentences
Tom was looking somewhat distraught.
Tom looked somewhat familiar.
Your mindset is somewhat old-fashioned.
That is somewhat explained at the end.
Bob was somewhat chubbier than his brother.
The washing machine is somewhat out of order.
Strictly speaking, his view differs somewhat from mine.
The air feels somewhat cold this morning.
They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse.
My wife still had a somewhat unflattering hairstyle back then.
Aah, I'm somewhat angry!
I am very good at appearing organised, although the reality is somewhat different.
Tom seemed to be somewhat disappointed.
Recently, I've been waking up several times during the night, so I'm suffering somewhat from lack of sleep.
I'm not Tom, though I do resemble him somewhat.
Tighten the screw somewhat, Tom! Then it will hold.
We were somewhat surprised at his strange question.
When he saw her letter, he felt somewhat uneasy.
He was a good-looking but somewhat raffish young gentleman.
He somewhat resembles his father.
Typing capital letters on a computer is somewhat tedious.
He's always somewhat tired and anxious, his eyes only shine a dim blue-gray light.
I think a translator may venture to be somewhat flexible.
Tom is somewhat older than I.
Tom looks somewhat irritated.
The word takes on a somewhat different meaning when capitalized.
Movie subtitles
Although it seems somewhat a relapse into the style of his earlier Keystones it was the most popular film in the whole series of twelve.
I'm afraid that last night I may have - behaved somewhat unseemly.
I was somewhat surprised.
You know, you're somewhat of an igneous intrusion yourself.
I'm afraid that my sister has a somewhat distorted sense of humour.
You seem somewhat.
As a result, our people are moderately honest, moderately chaste and somewhat more than moderately happy.
Linda has been somewhat indisposed.
The young man's outlook has merely become somewhat confused.
I have been somewhat pressed but late.
Well, of course, Cyrus was somewhat eccentric.
At this particular moment in the world's history it may seem to you that the affairs of Julius Caesar in Gaul 2000 years ago are of somewhat- somewhat secondary importance.
Somewhat.
I'm afraid that last night I may have - behaved somewhat unseemingly.
But, on a somewhat less spectacular level, in 1937 producer Hal Roach made his first of three Topper features.
In case the score sounds somewhat familiar, but you can't quite place where else you heard it, how about trying Universal's 1930s Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers serials with Buster Crabbe?
Somewhat mechanical.
I'm afraid that my sister has a somewhat distorted sense of humor.
Madam, I'm here because of a somewhat delicate matter.
Only I might point out, old man, that you've fallen somewhat in my esteem.
She's very rich, mining fortune. Her father died somewhat mysteriously about ten years ago.
While in his cups, the fellow was somewhat indiscreet.
Perhaps we've been somewhat crude in our suggestion.
Still, it would have been easy for you to come here to Paris and have a somewhat gayer time.
But.. this being somewhat of an occasion. I should be glad to.
Oh, that instinct came to me somewhat late.
I found it somewhat stifling inside.
I ran into a croupier whom I knew somewhat.
Thank you. I'm afraid that my sister has a somewhat distorted sense of humor.
WOULD YOU PLEASE EXCUSE MY TURNING YOU OUT OF THIS HOUSE SOMEWHAT VIOLENTLY?
Miss Imbrie's in somewhat the same fix.
Then perhaps your friend Mr. Haven will be somewhat less condescending.
The sedative Dr. Wagner gave her was in a somewhat larger bottle.
No, we're going down, but somewhat too fast.
News and current affairs
Switzerland and Australia surprisingly reached the elimination round, and the Asian and African teams disappointed somewhat, with only Ghana advancing.
Strong economic performance is somewhat surprising, given his party's interventionist policy approach, but Meles showed himself to be a consummate pragmatist in attracting investment - particularly from China - to drive growth.
CAMBRIDGE - Although I appreciate that exchange rates are never easy to explain or understand, I find today's relatively robust value for the euro somewhat mysterious.
But Greenspan would have served the country and the world better if he had been somewhat more paternalist in slowing the growth of non-standard adjustable-rate mortgages.
Political arrangements are somewhat more problematic.
Power in China is somewhat informally defined, and its limits are set more by political realities than by constitutional arrangements.
At the dawn of the 1990's, Japan's dominance in export markets worldwide had already been dented somewhat by the rise of its smaller Asian neighbors, including Malaysia, Korea, Thailand, and Singapore.
True to form, Americans became the greatest TV watchers, which is probably still true today, even though the data are somewhat sketchy and incomplete.
And not just Arab; globally, foreign policies are being hurriedly - and somewhat confusedly - revised and rewritten.
And, in truth, the public is right: while there is a somewhat scientific basis for these models, they can go spectacularly wrong.
Women also play a somewhat greater role.
Historically, housing prices have shown a lot of momentum, and prices in all these cities are still going up at a brisk rate, though usually somewhat slower than a year or more ago.
This is somewhat reassuring.
Nevertheless, the limited reaction to the SNB move is somewhat surprising.
After six turbulent but somewhat predictable decades, we may be entering into a new era of greater turbulence but less predictability on the Korean Peninsula.
Since December 7, 1941, the world has in large part been able to rely on global governance by a somewhat-competent hyperpower.
Of course, that is a somewhat simplistic dichotomy.
While Russia retains the world's largest (if somewhat aging) arsenal of nuclear weapons, as well as a permanent seat (and thus veto power) on the UN Security Council, it is more sick than BRIC.
The outlook for the China-Japan relationship appears somewhat better.
A loose and somewhat confused project, the Alliance of Civilizations aims to heal the wounds of conflict between Islam and the West through education, viable integration policies, and a better-informed dialogue with the media.
Both sides seem to be somewhat surprised by the other's expectations.
Equity holdings are somewhat more concentrated, but many middle class Americans have still benefited indirectly through their pension funds.
Indeed, it could even grow somewhat worse in the short run, as there are sure to be those who will want to show that they can still strike against the West.