somedeal

[ suhm-deel ]
/ ˈsʌmˌdil /

adverb Archaic.

Origin of somedeal

before 900; Middle English somdel, Old English sume dǣle, dative of sum dǣl some portion. See some, deal1

Example sentences from the Web for somedeal

  • In Ethiopia all the rivers and all the waters be trouble, and they be somedeal salt for the great heat that is there.

  • Claverhouse laughed a little stern laugh like a man that is forced to laugh at himself, yet is somedeal proud of what he hears.

    The Men of the Moss-Hags |S. R. Crockett