Definitions

in some measure

ADVERB

partially

Synonyms

STRONGEST

moderately partly somewhat

WEAK

by degrees by installments fractionally halfway in part little by little not wholly piece by piece piecemeal to a certain degree to a certain extent

Antonyms

WEAK

completely totally wholly

ADVERB

partly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

at least partially slightly somewhat

WEAK

at best at most at worst bit by bit by degrees carelessly halfway in a general way in bits and pieces in part in some ways inadequately incompletely insufficiently little by little measurably not entirely not fully not strictly speaking not wholly notably noticeably piece by piece piecemeal relatively so far as possible to a certain degree to a certain extent up to a certain point within limits

Antonyms

WEAK

completely totally wholly

Example Sentences

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Conventionally, doing a series of big favors for a constituency results in some measure of support from that group.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

It is, in some measure, an educational failure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

The once sedate RBS had become in some measure the biggest bank in the world.

From BBC • May 30, 2025

Even before the trial’s opening statements, the Secret Service was in some measure planning for the extraordinary possibility of a former president behind bars.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 23, 2024

The trouble, he explained, is that nearly all the things that would constitute warning signs already exist in some measure at Yellowstone.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

in some measure

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