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Meaning of more than somewhat in English:

more than somewhat

phrase

informal

  • Very or very much.

    • ‘it must have changed more than somewhat since then’
    • ‘The trip to the surgery taxed me more than somewhat, along with the malaise that comes from being prodded and poked.’
    • ‘It's been a wonderful summer even if the hottest part did try my endurance and my optimism, too, rather more than somewhat.’
    • ‘Nothing wrong with a pretty ending even if, historically, it was stretching things more than somewhat.’
    • ‘A melancholic feeling of irritation had settled over me, lowering my spirits more than somewhat.’
    • ‘That worries her more than somewhat, as she will no longer be able to claim that all her dishes come from local produce.’