Somewhat, 1) pron. something: “here is a letter will say s.” Wiv. IV, 5, 128. “this gentleman told s. of my tale,” Meas. V, 84 (later Ff something). “s. we must do,” R2 II, 2, 116. “an old man can do s.” H4B V, 3, 83. “s. we will do,” R3 III, 1, 193 (Ff something). “s. doth she mean,” Tit. IV, 1, 9. “thou givest me s. to repair myself,” Per. II, 1, 128.
2) adv. in some measure, rather, a little: Gent. V, 2, 6. Meas. V, 89. Merch. II, 3, 14 (Qq something). Shr. IV, 2, 100. All's V, 2, 5. R2 I, 4, 44. H6A V, 2, 14. R3 I, 2, 116 and III, 5, 55 (Ff something). H8 III, 2, 394. V, 4, 41. Troil. I, 1, 41. Tit. II, 2, 15. Hml. I, 3, 121 (Qq something).
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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