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Somehow   /sˈəmhˌaʊ/   Listen
adverb
Somehow  adv.  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. "By their action upon one another they may be swelled somehow, so as to shorten the length." Note: The indefiniteness of somehow is emphasized by the addition of or other. "Although youngest of the familly, he has somehow or other got the entire management of all the others."






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"Somehow" Quotes from Famous Books



... lagoon side of the reef, and numerous boats were lying about on the white sand. The islanders, being almost born sailors, were naturally very skilful in everything connected with the sea. There was about them a good deal of that kindly innocence which one somehow expects to find associated with a mild paternal government and a limited intercourse with the surrounding world, and Nigel was powerfully attracted by them ...
— Blown to Bits - or, The Lonely Man of Rakata • Robert Michael Ballantyne

... get clear of the sand we find ourselves on a piece of ground cut up by cracks wide enough to put a foot in. There is just sufficient light to keep us from twisting our ankles if we walk along with our eyes glued to the ground, and so we get along somehow, till suddenly we ...
— Round the Wonderful World • G. E. Mitton

... clever man, Mr. Crewys," he said humbly. "A man of the world, successful, accomplished, and, I believe, honest"—he spoke with a simplicity that disarmed offence—"or I should not have ventured as I have ventured. Somehow you inspire me with confidence. I believe you can save her. I believe you could find a way to bring back her peace of mind; the interest in life—the gaiety of heart—that is natural to her. If I were in your place, not the ...
— Peter's Mother • Mrs. Henry De La Pasture

... railroad, railway, tram road, tramway; towpath; causeway; canal &c. (conduit) 350; street &c. (abode) 189; speedway. adv. how; in what way, in what manner; by what mode; so, in this way, after this fashion. one way or another, anyhow; somehow or other &c. (instrumentality) 631; by way of; via; in transitu &c. 270[Lat]; on the high road to. ...
— Roget's Thesaurus • Peter Mark Roget

... Somehow or other, as the young heir to all this helpless poverty stood in the courtyard, with his sharp, refined, intelligent features, and his strange elegance of dress and aspect, one better comprehended how, left solely to the egotism of his knowledge and his ambition, in such a family, and without ...
— The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 • Various


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