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somehow

[ suhm-hou ]

adverb

  1. in some way not specified, apparent, or known.


somehow

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adverb

  1. in some unspecified way
  2. Alsosomehow or other by any means that are necessary
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of somehow1

First recorded in 1655–65; some + how 1
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. somehow or other, in an undetermined way; by any means possible:

    She was determined to finish college somehow or other.

More idioms and phrases containing somehow

see under or other .
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Example Sentences

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“Whenever I think the ball’s going down, she somehow always gets it.â€

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Leicester have been rotten but, somehow, Southampton have been even worse.

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Hudson seemed to brace herself in December for something like this current kerfuffle, writing on her Instagram Stories: “Nothing changed for us in 2024 except for ‘public knowledge’: yet, somehow everything changed.

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If their leaders were accused of harboring and helping undocumented fugitives who somehow made it past the Roosevelt Reservation, or protests in the street were deemed violent rebellions.

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It would heighten an already worrying financial picture for a club that somehow has to try to navigate a way back into contention at the top end of the Premier League.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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