to some degree

Idioms and Phrases

Also, to a certain degree ; to some or a certain extent ; to a degree or an extent . Somewhat, in a way, as in To some degree we'll have to compromise , or To an extent it's a matter of adjusting to the colder climate . The use of degree in these terms, all used in the same way, dates from the first half of the 1700s, and extent from the mid-1800s.

Example Sentences

His primary motive for writing the book, he says, was pretty simple: “I wanted to give my parents their flowers while they’re still here. All I see are these showbiz tragedy stories. My parents didn’t know what the heck they were doing, but the most important thing was they had good intentions for me. My family and I, we really had very little understanding of leverage. We were stuck in appreciation mode. And I think that’s good to some degree.”

From Los Angeles Times

“I’m not saying we need to be 100 percent homogeneous. I’m not saying we need to be North Korea or Japan or anything like that. A return to 80 percent, 90 percent white would probably be, probably the best we could hope for, to some degree.”

From Salon

To some degree, the collective amnesia that seems to have occurred was a protective mechanism from the trauma of the great loss and uncertainty that sprang from COVID.

From Salon

The gender gap exists across racial and ethnic groups to some degree, but media outlets have seized on Latino men with disbelief, largely predicated on this question:

From Los Angeles Times

But they have a plan to some degree, like last season when they split the season series with the Nuggets 2-2.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• a bit
• a little
• comparatively
• fairly
• kind of
• pretty
• quite
• relatively
• slightly
• somewhat