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Somewhat lank. Thackeray. The lanky Dinka, nearly seven feet in height. The Century.

Somewhat slow or slowly, but not so slowly as largo, and rather more so than andante.

Somewhat large. [Colloq.]

Somewhat late; backward. [Obs.] "Lateward lands." Holland.

Somewhat late. [Colloq.]

. , often called the first Lautverschiebung, sound shifting, or consonant shifting. (b) A somewhat similar set of changes taking place in the High German dialects (less fully in modern literary German) from the 6th to the 8th century, known as the second Lautverschiebung, the result of which form the striking differenc…

rness; clemency; -- opposed to severity and rigor. His exceeding lenity disposes us to be somewhat too severe. Macaulay.

Having a form somewhat like leptus; -- said of active insect larvæ having three pairs of legs. See Larva.

in distinction from a soirée, or evening assembly; a matinée; hence, also, any general or somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime or evening; as, the president's levee.

Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy. Are his wits safe Is he not light of brain Shak.

A trade name applied somewhat indefinitely to some of the volatile products obtained in refining crude petroleum. It is a complex and variable mixture of several hydrocarbons, generally boils below 170º Fahr., and is more inflammable than safe kerosene. It is used as a solvent, as a carburetant for air gas, and for ill…

an aromatic pulp, and a single large seed. In the dried fruit which is exported the pulp somewhat resembles a raisin in color and form. [Written also lichi, and lychee.] -- lite. See -lith.

. " His picture in little." Shak. A little, to or in a small degree; to a limited extent; somewhat; for a short time. " Stay a little." Shak. The painter flattered her a little. Shak. -- By little and little, or Little by little, by slow degrees; piecemeal; gradually.

An instrument of martial music; a kind of trumpet of a somewhat curved form and shrill note.

ood liver, one given to the pleasures of the table. -- Loose liver, a person who lives a somewhat dissolute life.

rnuus), growing in marshes, and having white flowers crowded in a slender terminal spike, somewhat resembling in form a lizard's tail; whence the name. Gray.

Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form; as:

Conscious of, and somewhat depressed by, solitude; as, to feel lonesome. -- Lone"some*ly, adv. -- Lone"some*ness, n.

Somewhat long; moderately long.

Somewhat loose.