a small matter en · ADV
Meanings
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(obsolete) Somewhat; slightly; a little.
The socket and spindle being a small matter taper.
1788, Philosophical Transactions, Royal Society, section 79.4:[…] if that it were possible to remove the impediment of the Air, which resisting penetration, doth some small matter retard and impede the motion of the pendulum.
1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Systems of the World, Dialogue 2:
Relateds
some small matter · a little matter · some little matter · a matter