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’d never done anything wrong, but somehow the contract made me feel like I already had several strikes against me.
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.
There's no evidence that's worthy of presenting even to a grand jury that Jimmy Fennell was somehow involved.
If I had never done anything else with my life, creating my daughter would be enough, i always took her to every location and we had wonderful memories we created together. Somehow, I made it to almost every performance, ballgame, and recital. I was even homeroom mom for seven years. Best part of my life.
That's probably some kind of a persistence of misogyny or patriarchy or something in that camp -- that the idea of a man taking on his wife's last name would be somehow considered problematic.
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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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