DEGREE

n. 1 grade, level, stage, class, caste, rank, order, scale, standing, status, station, position, situation, estate, condition He is entertaining a lady of high degree 2 measure, magnitude, extent, limit, point; lengths, step All our needs, desires, and goals are biologically determined to some degree 3 by degrees. little by little, bit by bit, step by step, inch by inch, inchmeal, gradually, slowly, (almost) imperceptibly By degrees, her health has improved 4 to a degree. a rather, somewhat, quite She is to a degree a better dancer than he b substantially, considerably, highly, decidedly, exceedingly, to a considerable extent She must be stupid to a degree if she believes in levitation