The phrase "a somewhat difficult" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a task, situation, or concept that is moderately challenging or not easy to handle.
Example: "The exam was a somewhat difficult experience for many students, but they managed to pass."
Alternatives: "a fairly challenging" or "a rather tough".
Retailers are still dealing with a somewhat difficult climate.
Throughout the film, the boys' father, Oscar, remains a somewhat difficult presence.
("I'm recently out of a somewhat difficult relationship," she explains understatedly).
Ms. Ireland said that those comments "set this relationship off on a somewhat difficult course".
Retrospectives can be occasions for hagiography, but Mr. Bertolucci, now 69, presents a somewhat difficult case for such veneration.
He remains a somewhat difficult interviewee; his answers about his work are sometimes abrupt and frustratingly vague.
A report by the consulting firm Rothstein Kass found about half of the 400 hedge fund managers who responded believed that 2012 would be a "a difficult or somewhat difficult" year for the industry.
Female Metalheads, known as Metal Chicks, get more leeway in the fashion department, since looking grungy, or like a Viking is somewhat difficult for a woman to pull off.
BLOOMBERG NEWS Hedge Fund ManagersrSeeee Tough Year for Industry | A study of 400 hedge fund managers found about half believed that 2012 would be "a difficult or somewhat difficult" year for the industry, partly because of new regulations and cutthroat competition.
"I would say that he is in a complex and somewhat difficult position in that Roger knows as well as anybody -- in fact, better than most -- that the whole music industry is in urgent need for restructuring and consolidation, not just for our balance sheet but because that is what the industry needs," Mr. Parsons said.
However, production of a DCC is somewhat difficult.
