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SOMEWHAT

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somewhat I. adverb

cam, întrucâtva, într-o măsura oarecare;

he answered somewhat hastily a răspuns cam grăbit;

it is somewhat difficult este întrucâtva greu.

somewhat II. substantiv

o parte oarecare, câte ceva;

he is somewhat of a connoisseur el este într-o măsură oarecare un cunoscator.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

I inquired whether this was the case: no doubt in a somewhat crest-fallen tone.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

I fled, and felt somewhat safer in my own room, where there was no moonlight and where the lamp was burning brightly.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

I need not introduce you to Mr. Culverton Smith, since I understand that you met somewhat earlier in the evening.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Except Mr. Sherlock Holmes,” said my companion, with a somewhat bitter smile.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But, by St. Paul! we must on, or our Company will think that they have lost their captain somewhat early in the venture.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

‘It is somewhat of a liberty, no doubt,’ said he, ‘but we’ll make it up to you.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Yes, my dear, I have a great many, all mothers do, but mine differ somewhat from Mrs. Moffat's, I suspect.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

I trust that I bring him back somewhat more polished than I found him.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

When I thought of my friends, of the mild voice of De Lacey, the gentle eyes of Agatha, and the exquisite beauty of the Arabian, these thoughts vanished and a gush of tears somewhat soothed me.

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Then, when the storm broke, Wolf Larsen cruised back and forth over that portion of the ocean where we had encountered it, and somewhat more to the westward, while the boats were being repaired and new sails made and bent.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

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