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adjective
1.
Quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity.  "Some roses were still blooming" , "Having some friends over" , "Some apples" , "Some paper"
2.
Relatively much but unspecified in amount or extent.  "He was still some distance away"
3.
Relatively many but unspecified in number.  "We did not meet again for some years"
4.
Remarkable.  "She is some skier"
adverb
1.
(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct.  Synonyms: about, approximately, around, close to, just about, more or less, or so, roughly.  "In just about a minute" , "He's about 30 years old" , "I've had about all I can stand" , "We meet about once a month" , "Some forty people came" , "Weighs around a hundred pounds" , "Roughly $3,000" , "Holds 3 gallons, more or less" , "20 or so people were at the party"



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— The Chauffeur and the Chaperon • C. N. Williamson
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— Civilization and Beyond - Learning From History • Scott Nearing
... "There are some," dowager lady Chia answered. "In fact, in that play acted just now called: 'Love in the western tower at Ch'u Ch'iang,' there's a good deal sung by young actors in unison with the flutes. But lengthy unison pieces of this description ...
— Hung Lou Meng, Book II • Cao Xueqin
... foreigners, her complexion may have been darker than that of either Persians or Greeks. It probably resembled that of Queen Esther more than that of Aspasia, in that dark richness and voluptuousness which to some have such attractions; but in grace and vivacity she was purely Grecian,—not like a "blooming Eastern bride," languid and passive and effeminate, but bright, witty, and intellectual. Shakspeare paints her as full ...
— Beacon Lights of History, Volume III • John Lord
... some cookies awhile ago I suddenly felt something behind me, and, as I tumid around, I saw the monkey. He made a grab for a cookie, and I had to slap his paws for I won't have ...
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