to a degree

phrase

1

: to a remarkable extent : exceedingly

… I felt desolate to a degree.

—Charlotte Brontë

2

: in a small way

to a degree he succeeded

Examples of to a degree in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The other four QBs peaked inside the top 10 last season, so they’ve all been slighted to a degree with the initial rankings of 2026. — Jeff Howe, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Hocevar talked to me a lot last week about the state of the sport, and even compared it, to a degree, to WWE. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026

Borges may not be able to see the scenery, but delights in every scrap of local color, to a degree that the American — tasked with describing everything to his elder, in suitably lyrical terms — finds quite wearisome. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 29 Aug. 2026

She was held up as the pop cultural equivalent of a saint to a degree that sometimes obscured and distorted her creative drive and business acumen. — Jewly Hight, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for to a degree

• abc
• absentee
• addressee
• adoptee
• allottee
• amphorae
• amputee
• apc
• apogee
• appointee
• assessee
• assignee