The phrase "a somewhat ugly" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is not aesthetically pleasing, while also implying that it is not entirely unattractive.
Example: "The painting was a somewhat ugly depiction of the landscape, but it had a certain charm that drew people in."
Alternatives: "a rather unattractive" or "a somewhat unappealing".
The start and finish were just enough to eke out a somewhat ugly victory.
"When you deal with 535 members of Congress, it's going to be a somewhat ugly process," the president said.
The Dodgers, being another hyperbole magnet, get the same treatment despite a somewhat ugly victory over the Cardinals.
GAINESVILLE, Fla .-- After starting quarterback Jeff Driskel was lost to a season-ending ankle injury, Tyler Murphy led No. 19 Florida to five scores in a somewhat ugly game, helping the Gators open Southeastern Conference play with a 31-17 victoverover Tennessee on Saturday.
Some 85,000 jobs were lost to end 2009, a disappointing number for analysts looking for a gain.The household data paint a somewhat uglier picture.
For NBC, the shift would bring a partial end to what has become a protracted and somewhat ugly process.
Chow has said, "Three green prawn heads in a bowl of noodle is not appetizing and somewhat ugly, but then ugliness in art and ugliness in life are two different things").
(His portrait of Mr. Chow, which hangs in the Mr. Chow in Beverly Hills, consists of three seasick-green images of the proprietor wiggling in a bowl of noodles. Chow has said, "Three green prawn heads in a bowl of noodle is not appetizing and somewhat ugly, but then ugliness in art and ugliness in life are two different things").
It is, by all accounts, a rare and somewhat ugly public airing of dirty laundry at the league, which Eleanor Roosevelt joined in 1903.
In a final heated and somewhat ugly exchange over the phone, Botsford suggested to the caller in no uncertain terms that the company just go around the property.
R2: The direct interface is a great idea for programming access the web server, and works well, however the output is somewhat ugly, a more formatted output should be better (for example using print "Status:, percent: ".format stat['message'],stat['percent']) instead of the simple print function on line 70).
