somedeal

[ suhm-deel ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

, Archaic.

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

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

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

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

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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