somedeal

[ suhm-deel ]

adverb

, Archaic.

1. somewhat.

Word History and Origins

Origin of somedeal¹

before 900; Middle English somdel, Old English sume dǣle, dative of sum dǣl some portion. See some, deal ¹

Example Sentences

And when men have gathered it, then cometh the white that is somedeal less than the black.

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Claverhouse laughed a little stern laugh like a man that is forced to laugh at himself, yet is somedeal proud of what he hears.

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In Ethiopia all the rivers and all the waters be trouble, and they be somedeal salt for the great heat that is there.

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