What does Somehow mean?
Definitions for Somehow
ˈsʌmˌhaʊsome·how
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Somehow.
Princeton's WordNet
somehow, someway, someways, in some way, in some manneradverb
in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means
"they managed somehow"; "he expected somehow to discover a woman who would love him"; "he tried to make is someway acceptable"
somehowadverb
for some unspecified reason
"It doesn't seem fair somehow"; "he had me dead to rights but somehow I got away with it";
Wiktionary
somehowadverb
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.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Somehowadjective
One way or other; I know not how.
Etymology: some and how.
The vesicular cells may be for receiving the arterial and nervous juices, that, by their action upon one another, they may be swelled somehow, so as to shorten the length of every fibril. George Cheyne.
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somehow
Somehow is an adverb that is used to indicate an uncertain method or manner in which something occurs or is accomplished. It implies that the means or reasons behind it may not be clear or easily explainable.
Webster Dictionary
Somehowadverb
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
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Somehow' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2378
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Somehow' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2031
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Somehow' in Adverbs Frequency: #184
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Somehow in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Somehow in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of Somehow in a Sentence
I have had enough of my colleagues'racist insinuations that somehow that people of Washington D.C. are incapable or even unworthy of our democracy, one Senate Republicansaid that D.C.wouldn't be a 'well rounded, working-class state.' I had no idea there wereso many syllables in the word white.
This is ludicrous for the Hillary Clinton campaign and others to suggest that somehow I'm using a derogatory term.
She made them every Christmas and then my aunt took over... and then somehow I got interested in doing it, my aunt passed away in 1991 so since then, I'm the only one who has been doing it.
Something that is unplanned and critical is somehow truer, more honest.
I take a lot of exception to any statement, or suggestion that somehow this administration and school board did nothing or was ever lax in our response, to the contrary, this matter was taken very seriously and was addressed with an appropriate sense of urgency.
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Translations for Somehow
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- nějakCzech
- rhywsutWelsh
- irgendwieGerman
- κάπωςGreek
- de algún modo, de alguna maneraSpanish
- jotenkin, jotenkutenFinnish
- d'une façon ou d'une autreFrench
- valahogyan, valahogyHungarian
- 何とか, なぜかJapanese
- 어쩐지Korean
- op een of andere manier, eenderhoeDutch
- [[de]] [[algum]] [[jeito]], [[por]] [[algum]] [[meio]], [[de]] [[alguma]] [[forma]]/[[maneira]]Portuguese
- cumvaRomanian
- как-нибудь, почему-то, как-тоRussian
- nekako, некакоSerbo-Croatian
- på ett eller annat sätt, på något sättSwedish
- ఎలాగోలా, ఏదోరకంగాTelugu
- 不知何故Chinese
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