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Definition of Somewhat
Somewhat

More or less; a certain quantity or degree; a part, more or less; something.

A person or thing of importance; a somebody.

In some degree or measure; a little.

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Somewhat Quotations

I am a deeply religious nonbeliever - this is a somewhat new kind of religion.
Albert Einstein

The fact that my 15 minutes of fame has extended a little longer than 15 minutes is somewhat surprising to me and completely baffling to my wife.
Barack Obama

I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.
Oscar Wilde

I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.
Oscar Wilde

Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, knowing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent knows what we are talking about.
Rodney Dangerfield

They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse.
Emily Dickinson

When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isn't a man of action. Action is a lack of balance. In order to act you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.
James A. Baldwin

The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing.
Saint Thomas Aquinas

My fortune somewhat resembled that of a person who should entertain an idea of committing suicide, and, altogether beyond his hopes, meet with the good hap to be murdered.
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Often times when you face such an overwhelming challenge as global climate change, it can be somewhat daunting - it's kind of like trying to lose weight, which I know something about.
Hillary Clinton

Somewhat Translations

somewhat in Latin is aliquanto


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