adverb
- To a small degree or extent.
- usage: "his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory"; "the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other"
- synonyms: slightly, more or less
- To a moderately sufficient extent or degree.
- usage: "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him"; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers"
- synonyms: reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly, fairly, middling, passably
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