The heating system is old, somewhat noisy, largely uncontrolled and difficult to re-light.

The switching regulator accepts a wide range of input voltages and efficiently generates a (somewhat noisy) voltage slightly above the ultimately desired output.

Though the image quality is great, even at the minimum ISO 80, images are somewhat noisy compared to many current point-and-shoot digital cameras.

After a minute or two of steady, if somewhat noisy progress through clumps of blackberry bushes and tangles of fallen tree limbs, he angled toward the road.

The festival was animated, not to say somewhat noisy.

No, not for what I had done, but because we had been somewhat noisy about it.

In no time you'll be back outside enjoying your booty on the pleasant if somewhat noisy - and nonalcoholic - street-side patio.

The small-unit air-conditioning purred on with reasonable effectiveness, though it was somewhat noisy.

The surrounding town, by contrast, is dusty and somewhat noisy.

Lunch and dinner are served daily in the wide-open, somewhat noisy dining room.