Complete Definition of "somehow"

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Pronunciation
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Adverb
somehow

  1. 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.
#: Although youngest of the familly, he has <u>somehow or other</u> got the entire management of all the others. -Sir W. Scott.

Usage notes
The indefiniteness of somehow is emphasized by the addition of or other.

Translations
Finnish: jotenkin, jotenkuten; (if emphasized "by some means") jokin|jollakin tapa|tavalla
French: d'une façon ou d'une autre
German: irgendwie
Japanese: ��� (nazeka)
Portuguese: de alguma forma, por algum meio
Romanian: cumva
Russian: как-�о (kák-to), как-ниб�д� (kák-nibúd�)
Spanish: de algún modo, de alguna manera
Telugu: �లా��లా, �ద�ర���ా

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