Somedeal

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In some measure or degree; somewhat, partly, partially dialectal, not-comparable, obsolete

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

Pronoun
  1. 1
    Some part; a portion, something; some. dialectal, obsolete

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incompletelypartiallypartly

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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."

Etymology

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.

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