somehow

[ suhm-hou ]
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adverb
  1. in some way not specified, apparent, or known.

Idioms about somehow

  1. somehow or other, in an undetermined way; by any means possible: She was determined to finish college somehow or other.

Origin of somehow

1
First recorded in 1655–65; some + how1

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British Dictionary definitions for somehow

somehow

/ (ˈsʌmˌhaʊ) /


adverb
  1. in some unspecified way

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

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Other Idioms and Phrases with somehow

somehow

see under or other.

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