As well as the economically "left behind", whom Westminster politicians sometimes see as the prime movers behind the Brexit vote, there were "affluent Eurosceptics", somewhat anti-immigration but also anti-welfare; and the "older working classes" – perhaps not struggling to make ends meet, but still concerned about the changing nature of society.
While couched in high-minded ideals, much of the recent feuding between Madrid and Catalonia has centered on the more mundane issue of whether relatively affluent Catalonia's somewhat oversize share of the national budget should be reduced.
According to the World Bank study (which was done before the recent study commissioned by Philip Morris), it appears that smokers' lifetime health care costs in affluent countries are "somewhat higher" than non-smokers', despite their shorter lives.
The hardest thing about being a swim coach in a somewhat affluent area is that all the parents want their kids to swim on the team, of course, and to swim every event.
I am a modestly successful businessman, and while I was born to a somewhat affluent family -- it all depends on who we are compared to -- I still worked my way up in my industry from dishwasher to restaurateur over the course of these last 35 years.
Today, the set of affluent and despotic is somewhat different than it was 20 years ago.
India's new cinemas have given rise to "multiplex films", focused on the concerns of affluent youngsters and with somewhat less singing and dancing than in standard Bollywood fare.
Nearby in the somewhat more affluent town of Sparta, a number of large houses built about a decade ago on one-acre or larger lots are now being offered at reduced prices or as short sales.
Southeast Wisconsin Republicans are also more socially conservative and somewhat less affluent than suburban Republicans in other Midwestern industrial states, like those in the suburbs of Chicago (DuPage County, Ill). or the northern suburbs of Detroit Oaklandd County, Mich).
For the somewhat less affluent, whether they seek the cachet of the Hamptons, artistic seclusion in Montauk Point, the vineyards and the lush green fields of the North Fork or the fun-loving ferry crowd in Ocean Beach on Fire Island, there are some more-affordable deals, brokers say, even though it's late in the renting season.
