Meanings of somewhat garbled in English

It is true that the king-lists of the Alexandrian historian, Manetho, were all along accessible in somewhat garbled copies.

At the same time, a somewhat garbled CIA claim that he was a German spy has been highlighted by sections of the British media.

This drift was partly the result of theoretical disputes within economics that-asthey so often do-graduallyfiltered out, in somewhat garbled form, into wider discourse.

A somewhat garbled Understanding of astronomy is imparted to a male test subject (as are all such, given some failures in earlier experiments).

Somewhat garbled voices hastened to assure me that they were all ready and willing to assist me in anything I might want done.