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somehow

[suhm-hou]

adverb

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



somehow

/ ˈʌˌʊ /

adverb

  1. in some unspecified way

  2. Also: somehow or other.by any means that are necessary

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51Թ 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.

see under or other.
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Like the evidence markers and cowrie shells are two things that shouldn’t be together, but somehow by putting them together in this way, it creates a third, or new, meaning.

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“There’s impacts to the classroom whether there’s a claim or not, because they’ve got to pay the retroactive premiums somehow,” he said.

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The student they shared an apartment with, the Wiccan pacifist without enemies, somehow seemed a convenient one.

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But he’s basically a bully — imposing yet somehow bland.

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The wrap that soothes, satisfies, and somehow feels smug and approachable at the same time.

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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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