Somewhere
['sʌmweə] or ['sʌmwɛr]
Definition
(noun.) an indefinite or unknown location; 'they moved to somewhere in Spain'.
(adv.) in or at or to some place; 'she must be somewhere'; (`someplace' is used informally for `somewhere').
Edited by Ahmed--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In some place unknown or not specified; in one place or another.
Edited by Astor
Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. In some place, in one place or another.
Checker: Olivier
Examples
- Mr Lammle, striking in here, proclaims aloud that there is a sequel to the story of the man from somewhere. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Mr. Bounderby knew it was somewhere down town, but knew no more respecting it. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Let it be somewhere beyond reach; in some obscure life--or, better still, in some obscure death. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Most likely, said Marks, she's took in somewhere; but where, 's a question. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Was there error somewhere? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- There was somewhere else to go. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- They are waiting till I shall want the gentleman to show himself somewhere, for half a moment. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I am now somewhere between seventy and eighty years of age--never mind exactly where! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I would sooner go--somewhere else. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He had a peculiar eye, and I made up my mind that there was a strain of insanity somewhere. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- When they took a young man into Tellson's London house, they hid him somewhere till he was old. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He seemed to himself to have met and been acquainted with him somewhere, but he could not recollect. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- For on the theory, such strata must somewhere have been deposited at these ancient and utterly unknown epochs of the world's history. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- A good shop for the latter was in the Strand--somewhere in that part which has been rebuilt since. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- We are all very much interested in the man from Somewhere,' Veneering observes. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- One wants to wander away from the world's somewheres, into our own nowhere. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- There's bright eyes somewheres--eh? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- For my little woman is a-listening somewheres, or I'll forfeit the business and five hundred pound! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I must be put somewheres, dear boy. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- And I'm a-going somewheres. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He said he would go somewheres and steal a lamp. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- You've got a mark upon you somewheres or another, I suppose? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Isn't there bright eyes somewheres, wot you love the thoughts on? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Somewheres, repeated the boy in a louder tone. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It's betwixt 'em, somewheres. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I'm a-going somewheres. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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