somedeal

adverb

1. In some measure or degree; somewhat, partly, partially

   obsolete

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

Where it comes from

From Middle English somdel, sumdel (“somewhat, to an extent, in some measure; part, portion, a bit, small amount; in ~ this instance, this case”), equivalent to some + deal.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry somedeal (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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