to a certain degree



to a certain degree

Somewhat; partly; in a limited way or to a limited extent. Your essay would be improved to a certain degree by tidying up your paragraphs, but your topic on the whole has some fundamental problems. Our administration is willing to negotiate to a certain degree, but we aren't ready to make any significant changes to the legislation.
See also: certain, degree

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Avrum-Yiddish
Battistabaht-TEE-stahItalian
Guillermogee-YER-moSpanish
Jie-Chinese
JaycobJAY-kəbEnglish (Rare)
Christinekrees-TEEN (French), kris-TEEN (English), kris-TEE-nə (German, Dutch)French, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch