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Definition of Somehow
1. Adverb. In some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means. "He tried to make is someway acceptable"
2. Adverb. For some unspecified reason. "He had me dead to rights but somehow I got away with it"
Definition of Somehow
1. adv. In one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated; by some means; as, the thing must be done somehow; he lives somehow.
Definition of Somehow
1. Adverb. In one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated; by some means; as, the thing must be done somehow; he lives somehow. ¹
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Definition of Somehow
1. by some means [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Somehow
Literary usage of Somehow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literatureby H.W. Wilson Company by H.W. Wilson Company (1909)
"William DeMorgan's It Never Can Happen Again As good as its predecessors, "Joseph
Vance." "Alice-for-short." and "somehow Good. ..."
2. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"I am much obliged to you for introducing me to Dr. Brown's book, which I like
very much. There is a soul in it somehow that one does not find in many books, ..."
3. The Life and Theatrical Times of Charles Kean, F.S.A. by Fanny Kemble, Kate Field, John William Cole (1882)
"... done, somehow or other. God bless you, my dear Hal. I am ever yours, One word
to Dorothy. FANNY. Now, my beloved and best Dorothy, haven't you enough to ..."
4. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward (1918)
"UV • Oh yet we trust that somehow good ^ / Will be the final goal of ill, ^ To
pangs of nature, sins of will, Defects of doubt, and taints of blood; ..."
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