Definitions for SOMEHOW
ˈsʌmˌhaʊsome·how

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. 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"

2. somehowadverb

   for some unspecified reason

   "It doesn't seem fair somehow"; "he had me dead to rights but somehow I got away with it";

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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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1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. 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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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'SOMEHOW' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2378

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'SOMEHOW' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2031

3. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'SOMEHOW' in Adverbs Frequency: #184

How to pronounce SOMEHOW?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say SOMEHOW in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of SOMEHOW in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of SOMEHOW in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of SOMEHOW in a Sentence

1. Selay Ghaffer:

   So the women of Afghanistan showed that we will not keep silent anymore... And we are not ready to accept more brutality and violence against women, so this is why we decided to carry the dead body of Farkhunda on our own shoulders and show to the world that not only men can do it and somehow broke the traditionalism that (a) man has to do this job.

2. Derek Chollet:

   I think that it is tempting always in hindsight to say Libya would be better somehow if we had not intervened, i think that is a highly dubious proposition. It is one where, had we not intervened, the conversation we would be having is thousands and thousands of people died and Libya looks like Syria.

3. Adam Seth Litwin:

   In the wake of the current spike in COVID hospitalizations, calling the labor market for registered nurses' cutthroat' is an understatement, even if the health care sector can somehow find more beds, it can not just go out and buy more front-line caregivers.

4. Lloyd Austin:

   It just seemed incomprehensible to me that there were no ramifications for him aside from, I assume, just being embarrassed, can you imagine anyone not getting fired for that kind of mismanagement ? But somehow he survived.

5. President Barack Obama:

   It's not enough to celebrate the ideals that we're built on, liberty and justice and equality for all. Those just can't be words on paper, the work of every generation is to make those words mean something, concrete in the lives of our children. And we won't get there as long as kids in Baltimore or Ferguson or New York or Appalachia or the Mississippi delta or the Pine Ridge reservation believe that their lives are somehow worthless.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=SOMEHOW
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Somehow
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=SOMEHOW
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/SOMEHOW