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
ZdenĚKZDEN-ekCzech
ElvinEL-vinEnglish
Hankin-Medieval English
Jaak-Estonian, Flemish
Bojana-Slovene, Macedonian, Serbian, Croatian
Aneirin-Welsh