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somehow

//ˈsʌmhaʊ//

Adverb

A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

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Definitions

  1. 1.In one way or another; in a way not yet known or explained; by some means

    • This problem has to be tackled somehow.
    • 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.

Frequency

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Common· #1632

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Uncommon
General reading & writing
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Etymology

From some + how.

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