Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...more convenient to work there than in their rooms. Again, those of us who want to read the magazines before they fall into the clutches of the professors and are taken from us for an indefinite time, would have a greater chance of seeing them; and we should be somewhat better protected against those few students who reach the Library early in the afternoon, select all the most desirable periodicals, pile them upon the table and proceed to read them at their leisure. Evening access to the reading-room of the Library would be a benefit to the whole University...
...amount of $16,56484, an amount largely exceeding the value of the building which it occupies, and which is practically the only security for the debt. In the face of the deficit and debt the professors will forego their scanty salaries, and other expenses can be somewhat reduced; but it is doubtful whether the school can be carried on entirely without endowment. The school has no endowment whatever, not even a building. It pays rent, in the form of interest on its debt, for the house it occupies; and it has no funds...
...Curtis as "Sir Pierre de Bourbon" was enthusiastically received; his guitar song in the last act was rewarded with a double encore. Although suffering from a severe cold, and necessarily being somewhat out of voice, his skilful acting and graceful carriage won him the merited plaudits of the fair...
...sitting in my room the other night, with a careworn look on his face, when we were somewhat startled by the performance of a hornpipe overhead. He groaned, and then unburdened himself of this weight...
...work of his Freshman year troubled him somewhat, especially the mathematics. The German, to be sure, was easy enough, and he soon became good friends with the tutor; but he complained that the other instructors were too cold and difficult to approach. Even pecuniary considerations had no influence with them...