Somehow
['sʌmhaʊ]
Definition
(adv.) 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'.
(adv.) for some unspecified reason; 'It doesn't seem fair somehow'; 'he had me dead to rights but somehow I got away with it';.
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Definition
(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.
Typist: Nelly
Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. In some way, somehow or other.
Checker: Nathan
Examples
- Ada would contrive to take him, somehow, he said. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The Earl had procured a pair of horses somehow, in spite of Mrs. Crawley, and was rolling on the road to Ghent. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He was not the sort of person one could put off, and somehow that very thought made her wonder if she did not really fear him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Fight your way out of it somehow--you're young and can do it, she insisted. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- A most contrary circumstance it is, for I want certain information out of that girl, and she must be brought to reason somehow. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Gerald looked at him, and with a slight revulsion saw the human animal, golden skinned and bare, somehow humiliating. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- For him Mary Cave was perfect, because somehow, for some reason--no doubt he had a reason--he loved her. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Somehow, it would make me easier, I fancy. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But, somehow, it had all failed. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Harold Skimpole's children have tumbled up somehow or other. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The hours pass, and I get them over somehow, but I do not _live_. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- You must get hold of him somehow. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- But somehow, I can not keep that Medici mausoleum out of my memory. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Tom stood perfectly submissive; and yet Legree could not hide from himself that his power over his bond thrall was somehow gone. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He said he knew they had tried to lay a cable ten years ago, but it had been in his mind somehow that they hadn't succeeded! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Of course you'll go wrong somehow, but that's no fault of mine. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I suppose it fitted in somehow with his character. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He has been the--the--somehow the cause of all this. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Still, the gentleness with which he treated me during the rest of the day, went somehow to my heart. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He saw a slave before him in that simple yielding faithful creature, and his soul within him thrilled secretly somehow at the knowledge of his power. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He was aloof and white, and somehow evanescent. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- This little parlour looks very clean and pleasant--unusually bright, somehow. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Somehow the sight of the old shoes had a good effect upon the girls, for Mother was coming, and everyone brightened to welcome her. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The long pilgrimage was ended, and somehow we seemed to feel glad of it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He must be stopped somehow. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- She's like a breath of country air, somehow. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- There were but eight; yet, somehow, as they flocked in, they gave the impression of a much larger number. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I didn't know how I had done it, but I had no doubt I had murdered him somehow. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- It has slipped in somehow. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- His passion for women is so very violent, I observed, that somehow or other, it disgusted me. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
Checker: Nathan