to a degree
English
Prepositional phrase
- (idiomatic, dated) extremely; exceedingly.
- 1844, John Wilson, Essay on the Genius, and Character of Burns:
- It has been said that Scotsmen […] are […] grave to a degree on occasions when races more favoured by nature are gladsome to excess.
- Somewhat, a little
- 1991, Alex Inkeles, On Measuring Democracy: Its Consequences and Concomitants:
- All countries are to a degree controlled by other countries; it is equally obvious that some countries are controlled by others through the threat of military intervention.
References
- “degree”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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