adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a little/somewhat/slightly surprised
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He was a little surprised by her request.
rather/somewhat/quite/fairly unusual
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The design of the house was somewhat unusual.
somewhat embarrassed (= slightly embarrassed )
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His family seemed somewhat embarrassed to be there.
somewhat similar
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Their reactions were somewhat similar.
somewhat/rather relieved (= fairly relieved – often used when someone is actually very relieved )
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I was somewhat relieved to hear the wine was £20, not £200 a bottle.
somewhat/slightly excessive (= a little excessive )
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I thought her reaction was somewhat excessive.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
different
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Different scientists or groups of scientists may well interpret and apply the paradigm in a somewhat different way.
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De Lavallade lived in a somewhat different world from most of the other students at Jefferson.
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A somewhat different system simulated the effect of momentarily jamming an iron bar across the terminals in the substation.
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Patients with left temporal foci-on average, and not reliably-are said to have somewhat different personalities, at least in some studies.
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Matters are somewhat different when we come to dispositions where the modus is in the public interest.
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In the cinema the situation is somewhat different .
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We can therefore think of there being two somewhat different extra-sentential effects of context in language comprehension.
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They appear to be made of the same materials as the C asteroids, but in somewhat different proportions.
great
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These changes may result in somewhat greater reductions in employee numbers than we had previously envisaged, in addition to any transfer out of teams.
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On the Economic Front Let us now examine some of the elements of the new situation in somewhat greater detail.
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Indeed, the overall declines in civic engagement are somewhat greater among housewives than among employed women.
high
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Plasma nicotine concentrations with Nicostop were somewhat higher .
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Job dissatisfaction was somewhat higher than usual.
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Squirrels are somewhat higher , about 1.5.
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One month later a second satellite was launched into a somewhat higher orbit, of between 234 and 244 miles.
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Then go for a rate somewhat higher to ensure that the required altitude is reached before the turn. 5.
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Clinton suffered an unusual tear that was somewhat higher in his thigh than typical, his doctors said.
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This would give a pattern of low rates in current and recent takers followed by somewhat higher rates in former takers.
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Starting salaries and annual earnings in the manufacturing sector usually were somewhat higher .
large
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Another somewhat larger sliver of flesh, the lancelet, also has one.
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Bird shot it would have been or somewhat larger .
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Edgcote House, situated about 8 miles northwest of Brackley, was a somewhat larger house than Weston Hall.
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The first Melbourne station, at Spencer Street, was a somewhat larger three-span shed with a side building.
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Henceforth, only the player's names, writ somewhat larger than before, appear by the two grandmasters on the stage.
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Second-century examples were somewhat larger , with a series of timber uprights defining two separate rooms.
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Use a large landing net, somewhat larger than the size of fish you hope to catch.
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At the back was a somewhat larger desk, occupied by a bald-headed man wearing pince-nez.
low
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From 1968 onwards, the growth targets became somewhat lower but continued to be too optimistic.
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Revenue was also somewhat lower than expected.
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In this case the potential economies will be somewhat low and the impact of their realisation minimal.
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But the odds seem somewhat lower than they were during primary infection.
similar
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A somewhat similar process could he used to produce thrust for a spacecraft.
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Britain was at a somewhat similar stage by the first decade of the twentieth century.
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The Roscoe-Rathbone circle in Liverpool constituted a somewhat similar predominantly Unitarian intellectual-literary-reformist complex.
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Changing attitude and power a certain amount will, on average, produce a somewhat similar result.
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The bounds are not particularly close except when the phases have somewhat similar properties.
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My second machine was somewhat similar , but had more needles.
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A somewhat similar result was obtained using 28S rRNA.
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This is somewhat similar to what is now recognised in animal conflict.
small
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The ratios obtained by triangulation are somewhat smaller than those produced by Methods 1-3.
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In practice a somewhat smaller interval can be used to speed up calculations.
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His eyes are black and somewhat small , and he does peep so queerly with them!
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Netscape 6 bucks the trend by being somewhat smaller than past releases.
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Freiburg Minster is somewhat smaller , but also on parish church pattern.
unusual
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Because they lead somewhat unusual lives, college teachers are often subjected to this type of elaborate caricature.
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The manual is somewhat unusual in that it actually makes sense.
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The case has a somewhat unusual history, for this is the second hearing in this court concerning this case.
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A young man had epilepsy in a somewhat unusual form.
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In another sense, the current romance rage is somewhat unusual .
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There are two examples, albeit somewhat unusual ones.
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There were hundreds of pictures on that wall, forming a somewhat unusual collage.
■ VERB
become
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When he discovered that I, with two artificial legs, had succeeded he became somewhat uneasy.
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They may be able to help the unbalanced and mentally unstable to become somewhat more balanced and stable, we admit.
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These lumps can become somewhat rounded through rolling and they are piled up on top of each other to create pillow lava.
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The political and economic influence of the United States in the future may become somewhat less because of this limited ideological approach.
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The task of philosophy itself became somewhat downgraded if, like all other knowledge, it was socially determined.
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Travel suppliers have become somewhat more bureaucratic about what they will and will not refund.
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As we fall asleep our mental state becomes somewhat unpredictable from such gross measures.
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I became somewhat indignant-understandably-and demanded to speak with the captain.
feel
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It has to be closely supervised but provides a good job for any adult who might be feeling somewhat self-conscious.
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When you have a real promotion, it is normal to feel somewhat overwhelmed.
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She still felt somewhat on probation within the group: Sam hadn't looked too keen when Evelyn had brought her in.
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A pint of strong black coffee, however, relaxes the system, and soon we feel somewhat refreshed.
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First, the manager himself may feel somewhat shy about creating formal coaching sessions.
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We feel somewhat uneasy about using the word civilization in its old sense, connoting human excellence or superiority.
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Now he felt somewhat more cautious about the matter.
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My wife and i feel somewhat denied.
look
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He looks somewhat gloomy and withdrawn.
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The women, who, 15 years ago, epitomized a diversity approaching quirkiness, now look somewhat more homogenized.
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Moreover, it looked somewhat more romantic.
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Gordon looked somewhat Ivy League, with raffish touches that dated from the early 1970s.
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Straight on, either front or back, the human being tends to look somewhat banal.
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The reporters have dispersed, and the two of them actually look somewhat forlorn when I come by.
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Spa towns, though, are all the better for looking somewhat passé and Eaux-Bonnes is more passé than most.
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Most are wearing this strange garb with patterns that look somewhat like a zebra.
seem
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This seems somewhat cool behaviour, considering that the governors appear to have done nothing to put the medal up for competition.
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This can not be verified and seems somewhat early but, given the constant maritime traffic, not altogether impossible.
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Schmitthoff's views, expressed in 1951, seem somewhat premature.
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Any judicial act of line-drawing may seem somewhat arbitrary, but Roe was a reasoned statement, elaborated with great care.
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And its faxed decision seemed somewhat ambiguous.
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Although holograms still seem somewhat mysterious to most of the general population, they are becoming more common.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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My husband has a somewhat higher opinion of Mr Jones than I do.
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The ambassador looked somewhat irritated by the interruption.
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The price is somewhat higher than I expected.
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This year's celebrations should be somewhat larger than last year's.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As we fall asleep our mental state becomes somewhat unpredictable from such gross measures.
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Employment here peaked in 1975 and had somewhat recovered from its lowest level of 1981 by 1984.
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Gloag had a deformity of the right arm and a somewhat high-pitched voice, but overall made a forceful impression.
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Most Holy Trinity parishioners see matters somewhat differently.
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Some might see it somewhat differently.
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The correlation here is somewhat subtle and depends on whether one is near to the bifurcation points or far from them.
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The Titan was designed to use only storable propellants, at the price of somewhat inferior specific impulse.
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This is somewhat like making the target broader so that it becomes easier to hit.