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a bit

ADJECTIVE
some
Synonyms
STRONGEST
a few any
WEAK
a little part of
ADVERB
rather
Synonyms
STRONGEST
a little comparatively fairly kind of pretty quite relatively slightly somewhat
WEAK
averagely enough in a certain degree more or less passably ratherish reasonably so-so some something sort of to some degree to some extent tolerably
Antonyms
WEAK
extremely insignificantly little violently
DETERMINER
any
Synonyms
STRONGEST
all each either several
WEAK
a little each and every in general part of whatever

Example Sentences

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But, with more than a bit of desperation, he regards his work in miniaturization as his “last chance at greatness,” greatness mattering to him a great deal.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

I like the fact Luke is walking in front and Keegan is slightly out of focus - a bit like how the Ryder Cup went that week.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Gennadiy Goldberg, head of U.S. rates strategy at TD Securities, said that bonds were trading a bit more cautiously than stocks because investors tend to focus on fundamentals differently when assessing the two asset classes.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

Pingle’s UBS team did quite a bit better than most on the March data, estimating that 100,000 new jobs were created, versus the Wall Street consensus of 59,000.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Hers sounded a bit more promising whereas mine was unrequited.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith