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say it: SUHM-wuht
somewhat is an adverb meaning "to a small degree or extent". It is pronounced /ˈsʌmˈwʌt/ — SUHM-wuht. It carries 2 recorded senses.
to a small degree or extent
“his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory”
“the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other”
to certain extent or degree
“pretty big”
“pretty bad”
“jolly decent of him”
“the shoes are priced reasonably”
“he is fairly clever with computers”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for somewhat come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.