some extent

Synonyms

some rather half degree comparatively quite slightly somewhat partly moderately halfway relatively something partially tolerably
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Antonyms

way ever wide fully notably wildly
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Examples

We endeavour to employ only symmetrical figures, such as should not only be an aid to reasoning, through the sense of sight, but should also be to some extent elegant in themselves. John Venn

I'll bet Shakespeare compromised himself a lot; anybody who's in the entertainment industry does to some extent. Christopher Isherwood

One reason why mathematics enjoys special esteem, above all other sciences, is that its laws are absolutely certain and indisputable, while those of other sciences are to some extent debatable and in constant danger of being overthrown by newly disco. Albert Einstein

To some extent we are all the prisoners of stereotypes; we see each other in terms of distorted and oversimplified images. Better communication in the realm of ideas, of the arts, and of science can help refashion these false images. And by seeing more clearly we may act more wisely. Chester Bowles

Living at that pitch, on that edge, is something which many poets engage in to some extent. Paul Muldoon

The open society is one in which men have learned to be to some extent critical of taboos, and to base decisions on the authority of their own intelligence. Karl Popper

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some extent

Close letter words and terms

some crab apples some day some degree some few some hands some heavy stuff