somedeal

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1. dialectalobsoleteSome part; a portion, something; some.

alternative somdel · alternative somedele · alternative sumdeal · alternative sumdel · alternative sumdele

1. dialectalnot comparableobsoleteIn some measure or degree; somewhat, partly, partially

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

   1964, John Mandeville (original), Travels of John Mandeville (edited version)

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   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.

   1828, The Fair Maid of Perth, Large Print edition, Echo Library, published 2006, →ISBN, page 270

   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.

   1917, George W. Gough, “Chapter V, the Ancient High House”, in Julian Hawthorne, editor, The Yeoman Adventurer, Reprint edition, Echo Library, published 2005, →ISBN, page 27