somewhat – English Grammar Profiler

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In the English Vocabulary Profile ‘somewhat’ is listed at C1 as an ADVERB meaning ‘slightly’.  It basically means ‘to some degree’.

It can be used to hedge a statement or description.  In other words, it can make what you say less forceful, or less definite.

1 SOMEWHAT (DD1) OF

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Yes, these interviews are somewhat of a formality, but I think it’s crucial we like-minded people get to know one another.

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We could also say:

  • Interviews are a bit of a formality
  • Interviews are to some degree a formality

2 SOMEWHAT (RR) . (.) 13339
3 SOMEWHAT (RR) MORE (RGR)

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I must admit, he was somewhat more charming than others that we‘ve encountered in the past.

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4 SOMEWHAT (RR) DIFFERENT (JJ) 12075 5 SOMEWHAT (RR) , (,) 10872 6 SOMEWHAT (RR) SIMILAR (JJ) 10107 7 SOMEWHAT (RR) IN (II) 5686 8 SOMEWHAT (RR) LESS (RGR) 5276 9 SOMEWHAT (RR) DIFFICULT (JJ) 4325 10 SOMEWHAT (RR) LIKE (II_VV0@) 3857 11 SOMEWHAT (RR) BY (II) 3741 12 SOMEWHAT (RR) LIKE (II) 3327 13 SOMEWHAT (RR) HIGHER (JJR) 3107 14 SOMEWHAT (RR) FROM (II) 3078 15 SOMEWHAT (RR) ” (”) 3042 16 SOMEWHAT (RR) ) ()) 2851 17 SOMEWHAT (RR) LIMITED (VVN_JJ) 2778 18 SOMEWHAT (RR) SURPRISING (JJ) 2755 19 SOMEWHAT (RR) LARGER (JJR) 2417 20 SOMEWHAT (RR) ON (II) 2405 21 SOMEWHAT (RR) UNIQUE (JJ) 2150 22 SOMEWHAT (RR) THE (AT) 2105 23 SOMEWHAT (RR) SMALLER (JJR) 2045 24 SOMEWHAT (RR) UNUSUAL (JJ) 2029 25 SOMEWHAT (RR) FAMILIAR (JJ) 1991 26 SOMEWHAT (RR) WITH (IW) 1975 27 SOMEWHAT (RR) BETTER (RRR_JJR) 1931 28 SOMEWHAT (RR) AND (CC) 1920 29 SOMEWHAT (RR) CONTROVERSIAL (JJ) 1857 30 SOMEWHAT (RR) A (AT1) 1780 31 SOMEWHAT (RR) TO (II) 1717 32 SOMEWHAT (RR) LIMITED (VVN) 1650 33 SOMEWHAT (RR) LESS (DAR_RRR) 1602 34 SOMEWHAT (RR) MISLEADING (JJ) 1567 35 SOMEWHAT (RR) SURPRISINGLY (RR) 1561 36 SOMEWHAT (RR) NEW (JJ) 1495 37 SOMEWHAT (RR) DIFFERENTLY (RR) 1491 38 SOMEWHAT (RR) LIKE (II_JJ@) 1487 39 SOMEWHAT (RR) BETTER (JJR) 1427 40 SOMEWHAT (RR) RARE (JJ) 1413 41 SOMEWHAT (RR) LOWER (JJR) 1378 42 SOMEWHAT (RR) TO (TO) 1288 43 SOMEWHAT (RR) ARBITRARY (JJ) 1255 44 SOMEWHAT (RR) OUT (II21) 1231 45 SOMEWHAT (RR) BUT (CCB) 1221 46 SOMEWHAT (RR) IRONIC (JJ) 1141 47 SOMEWHAT (RR) IMPORTANT (JJ) 1088 48 SOMEWHAT (RR) LACKING (VVG) 1086 49 SOMEWHAT (RR) EXPENSIVE (JJ) 1083 50 SOMEWHAT (RR) COMMON (JJ) 1075 51 SOMEWHAT (RR) AT (II) 1071 52 SOMEWHAT (RR) COMPLEX (JJ) 1068 53 SOMEWHAT (RR) REMINISCENT (JJ) 1059 54 SOMEWHAT (RR) MORE (DAR) 1055 55 SOMEWHAT (RR) SURPRISED (JJ_VVD@) 1031 56 SOMEWHAT (RR) CONFUSING (JJ) 1021 57 SOMEWHAT (RR) INTERESTING (JJ) 984 58 SOMEWHAT (RR) CONFUSING (JJ_VVG@) 963 59 SOMEWHAT (RR) ODD (JJ) 945 60 SOMEWHAT (RR) AWKWARD (JJ) 941 61 SOMEWHAT (RR) STRANGE (JJ) 941 62 SOMEWHAT (RR) LOWER (JJR_RRR@) 940 63 SOMEWHAT (RR) AS (CSA) 930 64 SOMEWHAT (RR) VAGUE (JJ) 921 65 SOMEWHAT (RR) NORMAL (JJ) 900 66 SOMEWHAT (RR) LIMITED (JJ_VVN) 879 67 SOMEWHAT (RR) LESS (DAR) 874 68 SOMEWHAT (RR) AKIN (JJ) 853 69 SOMEWHAT (RR) ( (() 845 70 SOMEWHAT (RR) OR (CC) 845 71 SOMEWHAT (RR) GREATER (JJR) 839 72 SOMEWHAT (RR) FOR (IF) 836 73 SOMEWHAT (RR) IRONICALLY (RR) 829 74 SOMEWHAT (RR) EASY (JJ) 824 75 SOMEWHAT (RR) MORE (DAR_RRR) 824 76 SOMEWHAT (RR) FLEXIBLE (JJ) 819 77 SOMEWHAT (RR) LATER (RRR_JJR) 818 78 SOMEWHAT (RR) HARD (JJ) 813 79 SOMEWHAT (RR) EASIER (JJR) 800 80 SOMEWHAT (RR) TRUE (JJ) 800 81 SOMEWHAT (RR) CONCERNED (JJ) 782 82 SOMEWHAT (RR) RELATED (VVN_VVD) 770 83 SOMEWHAT (RR) EFFECTIVE (JJ) 759 84 SOMEWHAT (RR) USEFUL (JJ) 751 85 SOMEWHAT (RR) SMALL (JJ) 741 86 SOMEWHAT (RR) TRICKY (JJ) 737 87 SOMEWHAT (RR) HELPFUL (JJ) 728 88 SOMEWHAT (RR) SUBJECTIVE (JJ) 726 89 SOMEWHAT (RR) MYSTERIOUS (JJ) 724 90 SOMEWHAT (RR) DISAPPOINTING (JJ_VVG@) 717 91 SOMEWHAT (RR) SKEPTICAL (JJ) 712 92 SOMEWHAT (RR) UNCOMFORTABLE (JJ) 708 93 SOMEWHAT (RR) AMBIGUOUS (JJ) 693 94 SOMEWHAT (RR) RANDOM (JJ) 690 95 SOMEWHAT (RR) EASIER (RRR_JJR) 688 96 SOMEWHAT (RR) OVER (II_RP) 685 97 SOMEWHAT (RR) SLOW (JJ) 674 98 SOMEWHAT (RR) PREDICTABLE (JJ) 673 99 SOMEWHAT (RR) SHORTER (JJR) 662

100 SOMEWHAT (RR) AGREE (VV0) 657

By looking at how the iWeb corpus tags, when ‘somewhat’ is followed by the word ‘of’ then it is tagged as a singular determiner (DD1).  In all other cases, it is a general adverb (RR).