somedeal

Alternative forms

• somdel, sumdeal, sumdel, sumdele

Etymology

From Middle English somdel, sumdel (“somewhat, to an extent, in some measure; part, portion, a bit, small amount; in ~ this instance, this case”), equivalent to some +‎ deal.

Pronoun

somedeal

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

Adverb

somedeal (comparative more somedeal, superlative most somedeal)

1. (rare) In some measure or degree; somewhat, partly, partially
   • (Can we date this quote?) Travels of John Mandeville

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

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

     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.

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

     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.

Anagrams

• meladoes