somedeal
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "In Ethiopia all the rivers and all the waters be trouble, and they be somedeal salt for the great heat that is there."
- "Curfew Street, and though we know he was somedeal hurt in that matter, we cannot see why he should not do homage in leal and duteous sort."
- "A great, sweet lady like you wouldn't think it, of course, but it's a godsend at times for a lone woman when she's ugly enough to turn cream sour, and somedeal crooked o' the body into the bargain."
Etymology
From Middle English somdel, sumdel (“somewhat, to an extent, in some measure; part, portion, a bit, small amount; in ~ this instance, this case”), equivalent to some + deal.
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Inflected Forms
somdel (alternative)
somedele (alternative)
sumdeal (alternative)
sumdel (alternative)
sumdele (alternative)