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to a certain extent

ADVERB
partially
Synonyms
STRONGEST
moderately partly somewhat
WEAK
by degrees by installments fractionally halfway in part in some measure little by little not wholly piece by piece piecemeal to a certain degree
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 measure 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 up to a certain point within limits
Antonyms
WEAK
completely totally wholly

Example Sentences

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"I think adapting to what is one of the biggest changes in how we rent property in Wales for over a hundred years has meant retraining entirely and changing business models to a certain extent."

From BBC • May 1, 2026

We’re obviously very thematically about fathers and sons, knights and squires, and, to a certain extent brothers.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2026

"Yeah -- to a certain extent," she sighed as she eyed groceries in a Pennsylvania food bank.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

Builders have to a certain extent responded to the demand.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 5, 2025

It’s likely they were so segregated from ordinary fighting units and considered so special that the women of these regiments were, to a certain extent, untouchable.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

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