What does somehow mean?
Definitions for somehow
ˈsʌmˌhaʊsome·how
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Princeton's WordNet
somehow, someway, someways, in some way, in some manner(adverb)
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"
somehow(adverb)
for some unspecified reason
"It doesn't seem fair somehow"; "he had me dead to rights but somehow I got away with it";
Wiktionary
somehow(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.
Webster Dictionary
Somehow(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
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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
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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
And I would ask Comedian Louis . about it. I would say, ‘ This story about you forcing these women to watch you jerk off, what is that, is that true ? ’ Comedian Louis . goes, ‘ No, it’s not true. It’s not real. It’s a rumor. ’ And I would say, ‘ Well, are you going to address it somehow ? Handle it ? Get out from under it whenever it shows up ? ’ ‘ Comedian Louis . ca n’t, I ca n’t do that. I ca n’t give it life, give it air. ’ That was the conversation.
I found hundreds of people all over Germany who worked there (as) guards or (who) were somehow involved in Auschwitz, that was in 2003 … people were very old then, and I don’t know how many of them will be alive at the moment.
The paper sunset will continue, in the long term they will have to patch the hole in the cash flow somehow, and there is no clear plan for that.
You're getting lettuce and tomatoes coming from Mexico. You're getting the shoes you're wearing, coming from China. You've got poultry coming from all over the world. Yet somehow or another, we have not been able to reimport from Diabetes Canada into the United States the products being sold in this pharmacy with FDA approval, and the drug companies that spend hundreds of millions of dollars on campaign contributions, bribing members of the Congress, in essence, who spent billions on lobbying, have been able to prevent us from having prescription drug distributors or pharmacists buying products here in Canada that are a fraction of the price.
something somehow it's happen for a reason -------- solution .....
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- nějakCzech
- rhywsutWelsh
- irgendwieGerman
- κάπωςGreek
- de alguna manera, de algún modoSpanish
- jotenkuten, jotenkinFinnish
- d'une façon ou d'une autreFrench
- valahogy, valahogyanHungarian
- 何とか, なぜかJapanese
- 어쩐지Korean
- op een of andere manier, eenderhoeDutch
- [[por]] [[algum]] [[meio]], [[de]] [[algum]] [[jeito]], [[de]] [[alguma]] [[forma]]/[[maneira]]Portuguese
- cumvaRomanian
- как-нибудь, как-то, почему-тоRussian
- некако, nekakoSerbo-Croatian
- på ett eller annat sätt, på något sättSwedish
- ఎలాగోలా, ఏదోరకంగాTelugu
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