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somehow |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Somehow \Some"how`\, 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. --Cheyne. 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 --Sir W. Scott. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: somehow adv 1: 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" [syn: {someway}, {someways}, {in some way}, {in some manner}] 2: for some unspecified reason; "It doesn't seem fair somehow"; "he had me dead to rights but somehow I got away with it"; "for some reason they didn't seem to match" [syn: {for some reason}]
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