Leaving aside the argument over whether this phrasing is as logical as, say, "somewhat pregnant" or "moderately devoted to global warming," I note that such adjectival editorialising is not applied to other, less favoured movements.Perhaps in the future The Economist may see fit to extend this apologetic regime to other groups.
The family has provided precious material for writers from Proust to Austen to Jonathan Franzen, but visual art has been somewhat less devoted to the subject.
Ferret advocates, many of whom seem somewhat obsessively devoted to their small pets, argue that it is legal to keep the animals in 48 states and in the rest of New York State.
In general at that time, working women devoted somewhat fewer hours to housework, while those not employed outside the home spent more.
Museo de Ejército, Alcazar military museum Now a somewhat straightforward museum devoted to military history (with an impressive collection of toy soldiers, among other artifacts) the Alcazar is the focal point of the Toledo skyline, the high point of the city that has been taken over by the Romans, Visigoths, Moors, Castillian kings, and now the Toledo tourist ministry.
Supporting himself mainly as an author, Sheraton wrote Drawing Book (1791), the first part of which is devoted to somewhat naive, verbose dissertations on perspective, architecture, and geometry; the notes on the plates, however, are much more detailed than in any other comparable publication and reveal sound technical knowledge.
Now it's time to go a step further: to offer a full marketplace (still somewhat curated — more below) devoted to not-quite-ready-for-primetime applications.
Likewise, the enhancement of neuronal activity during search or selection for specific letters (as unitary visual objects) should somewhat index the area devoted to orthographic processing.
The Sunday Review will devote somewhat greater space to columnists and outside writers, while preserving the flights of analytical writing and back story by news journalists.
The Penthouse Club, somewhat farther away, devotes a section of its Web site to the convention, offering "R.N.C. cabanas" for V.I.P. guests and claiming the only multimillion-dollar gentlemen's club and five-star steakhouse in the area.
