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German
Etymology
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Particularly: “einiger Maßen
- with Maßen as an old genitive or in a dative-for-genitive situation and as a whole being an adverbial genitive anfangs (17. Jh.) in genitivischer Fügung einiger Maße" though this expression seems to be uncommon], or
- with Maßen being an old adverbial dative (pl. - though historically, it could possibly be sg.) with sense "with some extent", cp. with allenthalben in locative sense "on all sides" meaning everywhere?”
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Pronunciation
Adverb
einigermaßen
- somewhat
- fairly, moderately, rather
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