to a degree

to a degree
TO SOME EXTENT, to a certain extent, up to a point.
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adverb
1. : to a rather large or remarkable extent : in liberal measure : highly, decidedly, exceedingly

but in some things she must have been stupid to a degree — I.V.Morris

a fine classical scholar, of gentlest temper and manners, but easygoing to a degree — A.T.Quiller-Couch

2. : in a measure : in a small way : somewhat

this necessarily involved a departure from strict realism — to a degree a denial of reality — G.C.Sellery

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to a degree
1. To a certain extent
2. To a great extent, to extremes
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Main Entry: ↑degree

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to some extent

to a degree, it is possible to educate oneself

■ dated to a considerable extent

the pressure you were put under must have been frustrating to a degree


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