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.

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

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

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   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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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. Jeff Ross:

   [Bob] really did take care of everybody. … If you need a doctor, if you need a lawyer, if you need a pastrami sandwich at three in the morning because some girl just broke your heart, Bob was that guy, he loved making people happy. It didn’t matter who you were, your status. … He somehow took his TV family and made them his real family, which is unheard of.

2. Jeffrey Epstein:

   Juries are told,' Elie Honig can use common sense, folks. Elie Honig can use the good everyday judgment Elie Honig use out there in the real world,' and I think it's just absolutely unbelievable and implausible that Ghislaine Maxwell herself was somehow Ghislaine Maxwell or somehow didn't realize what was going on.

3. Excelso Sabulao:

   I'm just putting my faith in God that, you know, somehow, while doing this, I'm gonna be spared from getting infected by this, i can't afford it.

4. Immigration Minister Peter Dutton:

   We are not going to allow people smugglers to get out a message that if you seek assistance in an Australian hospital, that somehow that is your formula to becoming an Australian citizen.

5. Ann Korelitz:

   It's very difficult, because we are Jewish, to separate the art from the person, but I think for me personally there are many horrible people who are great artists and somehow or other you have to appreciate the art.

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