Dictionary

somehow en · ADV

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈsʌmhaʊ/
• /ˈsʊmhuː/ (Northumbria)

Etymology

From some + how.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) In one way or another; in a way not yet known or explained; by some means
   • This problem has to be tackled somehow.
   • December 1, 2016, Tom Donaghy writing in The New York Times, Tender Side of Edward Albee It’s not by accident Edward wrote “The Goat,” “The Zoo Story” or “Seascape,” with its two lizards, Sarah and Leslie. In fact, in all of his plays the animal is pretty prominent, somehow or other.
   • We don't know how he's still alive after the accident, but somehow he is.
   • Although youngest of the family, he has somehow or other got the entire management of all the others. 1817, Sir Walter Scott, Rob Roy:
   • Have I not loathed to live again and said It would have been far better to be dead, And yet somehow, I know not why, Remained afraid to die! 1895, William Dean Howells, Mortality:
   • Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter II, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

Deriveds

somehow or the other · somehow or other · somehow or another

Synonyms

someway · somewise

Translations (78)

ja なぜなのか (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · uk я́кось (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · be я́ка-сь (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · ru ка́к-то (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · ltg nazkai (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · eo iel (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · fr d'une façon ou d'une autre (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · nl eenderhoe (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · ga ar chuma éigin (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · pam agyang pakananu (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · tl kahit papaano (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · kw war neb kor (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · rsk даяк (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · nb på sett og vis (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · ang āwiht (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · tl kahit na papaano (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · cs nějak (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · hu valahogy (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · sk nejako (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · nn eikorleis (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · te ఎలాగోలా (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · ko 어쩌다 (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · ko 왠지 (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · sv på ett eller annat sätt (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · as কেনেবাকৈ (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · be не́як (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · pam andyang pakananu (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · ja なぜか (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · pt de alguma forma (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · ja こころなし (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · nl hoe dan ook (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · ru почему́-то (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · is einhvern veginn (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · rsk койяк (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · sa समह (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · cy rhywsut (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · fi jotenkin (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · sh некако (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · ltg kai naviņ (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · pt de algum jeito (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · la aliquā (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · nl op een of andere manier (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · as কিবা প্ৰকাৰে (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · es de algún modo (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · be як-не́будзь (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · ja こころなしか (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · lv kaut kā (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · fi jollakin tavalla (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · es de alguna manera/forma (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · te ఏదోరకంగా (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · sv på något sätt (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · el κάπως (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · rsk якошик (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · fr quelque part (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · bg някак си (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · grc πώς (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · pl jakoś (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · de irgendwie (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · ltg kazyn kai (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · hu valahogyan (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · nb på et eller annet vis (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · it in qualche modo (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · ru ка́к-нибу́дь (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · pt por algum meio (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · nb på en eller annen måte (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · cmn 不知何故 (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · rsk якош (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · rsk якошка (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · ro cumva (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · fi jotenkuten (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · pt de alguma maneira (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · ru отчего́-то (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · ja なんだか (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · ja 何とか (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · tr bir şekilde (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · uk як-не́будь (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · ang in ōþer wīsan (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) · sh nekako (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated)