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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Somewhat

/sŭm'-wŭt'/ · Some·what · IPA /ˈsʌmwʌt/
01 n. More or less; a certain quantity or degree; a part, more or less; something.
  1. 1.
    More or less; a certain quantity or degree; a part, more or less; something.
    “These salts have somewhat of a nitrous taste.” — Grew.
    Somewhat of his good sense will suffer, in this transfusion, and much of the beauty of his thoughts will be lost.” Dryden.
  2. 2.
    A person or thing of importance; a somebody.
    “Here come those that worship me. They think that I am somewhat.” Tennyson.
02 adv. In some degree or measure; a little.
  1. 1.
    In some degree or measure; a little.
    “His giantship is gone, somewhat crestfallen.” Milton.
    Somewhat back from the village street.” Longfellow.