Almost and Somewhat

Almost

Almost adverb - Very close to but not completely.
Usage example: there were almost enough seats for everybody on the bus

Somewhat and almost are semantically related in amount topic. In some cases you can use "Somewhat" instead an adverb "Almost", when it comes to topics like nearly.

Somewhat

Somewhat adverb - To some degree or extent.

Almost and somewhat are semantically related in amount topic. Sometimes you can use "Almost" instead an adverb "Somewhat", if it concerns topics such as quantity, nearly.

Both words in one sentence

  • Useful Notes / Baseball Much like cricket positions, the precise lines between these are somewhat fuzzy; unlike cricket positions, all three are always manned.note Well, almost always.
  • Videogame / Xenoblade Sharla's AI actually is somewhat smart with headshot — her AI is normally focused almost entirely on healing, which makes her a pretty effective healer.
  • The Unfavourite aka: The Un Favorite To be somewhat fair, in the original continuity he didn't even meet them until they were almost adults, and didn't discover that they were actually his children until even later... but that poofs away because he still treated them like crap even before knowing it.
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