adverb
1. : to a rather large or remarkable extent : in liberal measure : highly , decidedly , exceedingly
but in some things she must have been stupid to a degree — I.V.Morris
a fine classical scholar, of gentlest temper and manners, but easygoing to a degree — A.T.Quiller-Couch
2. : in a measure : in a small way : somewhat
this necessarily involved a departure from strict realism — to a degree a denial of reality — G.C.Sellery