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Definitions in simple English

somehow Adverb

— You use somehow to show that you don't know how something works. I somehow managed not to get wet, even with the rain. It seemed important, somehow, that I say something.

somehow

— adverb (= someway, someways) in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means they managed somehow he expected somehow to discover a woman who would love him he tried to make is someway acceptable — adverb for some unspecified reason It doesn't seem fair somehow he had me dead to rights but somehow I got away with it

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somehow English » English

anyhow in some way someway for some reason by some means by any means somewhat in any case in some manner however anyway other carelessly without knowing why vaguely someways little in every way in any way in any event after a fashion with difficulty why whatever what kind of though imperfect somewise soever so-so slightly seemingly seeming to be rather perseveringly patiently one way or another on the whole just barely just about in what way in spite of oneself in some way or other in one way or another howsoever how hard haphazardly generally speaking by all means barely

Topics somehow topics

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Work and occupation Work

Method

What words indicate the way in which something is done?

how however somehow somehow or other

Grammar Part of speech Pronouns

Indefinite pronouns

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manner means how somehow anyhow every way no way each way however

Examples somehow examples

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Simple sentences

We'll do it somehow.

We will get through the jungle somehow.

We'll get along without that much money somehow.

But somehow, he managed to stagger to the doors.

A budget deficit must be financed somehow.

Somehow I just can't accept that.

Can I help you somehow?

The program's memory management was so inefficient that it actually damaged the RAM somehow!

I was somehow so awake that I couldn't sleep.

We'll get through the jungle somehow.

He saved himself somehow.

Somehow, he saved himself.

Somehow, he weaseled himself out of jury duty.

I'll get along somehow.

Can I make myself useful somehow?

I don't have much money, but I can get along somehow.

I must have it done somehow by six.

I somehow got a passing grade in mathematics.

This jacket somehow doesn't go with this skirt.

Somehow you must find a way to finish this work in one month.

I want you to somehow resolve the situation as promptly and avoiding to cause trouble for my sister and those around us as much as possible.

Somehow I thought you'd say that.

Somehow, you look different today.

I don't have a lot of money, but I get along somehow.

Movie subtitles

He's gonna disappoint you somehow. I-I feel it.

You got into the Harvard of the South, after all, which you somehow managed to mention on your test.

Somehow she'd heard about our private soirees.

For a cancer patient, he somehow managed his treatment completely independently.

I-I thought that being pregnant would be this magical thing, but mostly I'm so nervous of doing something wrong, of hurting the baby somehow.

But somehow, I don't seem to know you.

It seems funny, somehow, you would be having a kid.

Couldn't we somehow?

I'll manage somehow.

To tell you the truth, I must get some money somehow right away.

I had to get some money tonight, somehow.

From the start, somehow I. I liked you and I. I thought you liked me.

But you know somehow, I can't imagine going on without you.

I can't somehow feel I'm your dearest friend.

There must be someone out there who's somehow managing to keep us under tight surveillance, wouldn't you say?

Our powers, somehow they've gone away.

Oh, no. Unless he's Maxwell's demon somehow represented in human form, such power is inconceivable.

If your hypothesis is indeed correct, 001, does that mean that the enemy is somehow decreasing entropy?

It is, but somehow I still think of you as one of the Whiteheads.

I'll manage somehow. I'll get it.

They always do somehow.

We'll manage somehow.

But somehow tonight, I've got a strange feeling. that my journey's almost over.

They're simple and kind, and yet, somehow, they're royal.

And tell her when this voyage is over, somehow, I'm coming back.

So, what, do you think it's somehow harder for you, Quinn?

He's gonna disappoint you somehow.

Are not they all somehow. divine?

The ventilation is great, my room has a southern exposure, the rates are cheap, but somehow or other, the atmosphere is too confining.

Somehow the things that make other people happy leave me cold.

It makes going back just a bit too thick somehow.

I'm broke, but I'll get the money for you somehow.

But seriously, I feel somehow personally responsible.

News and current affairs

Our attitude seems to be that somehow things will sort themselves out.

Since citizens' militias are anachronistic, gun owners now use the second amendment merely to defend individual gun ownership, as if that somehow offers protection against tyranny.

Somehow, it seems, Saudi society has produced a stream of violent fanaticism that draws its inspiration from extreme religious orthodoxy.

Since politicians follow public opinion rather than lead it, it must be the public itself that demands its own survival, not elected officials who are somehow supposed to save us despite ourselves.

It somehow survived the post-Soviet shock, and has now recovered.

Liberals, in this view, are not only soft, but are somehow distinctly un-American.

First, it relied - once again - on trickle-down economics: somehow, throwing enough money at Wall Street would trickle down to Main Street, helping ordinary workers and homeowners.

Somehow, they must find ways to help the US expand its exports.

The second tendency is to believe that culture is somehow static and unchanging.

Somehow, scientists have been pushed aside by political operators.

It would be nice if third-world countries could somehow acquire first-world institutions, but the safe bet has to be that this will happen only when they are no longer third-world countries.

The news bubble is of particular concern, because it reinforces the idea that central bankers somehow care disproportionately about financial markets, which is generally not the case.

Is corruption something that has always existed here but was somehow hidden until now?

I do not believe that corruption is coming to light just because law enforcement is somehow better, or because citizens, like the presidential staff who accused President Katsav of sexual crimes and harassment, are more courageous.

Many people confuse these two aspects of the EU's legitimacy problem, and believe that somehow turnout in European elections can be increased by pointing out to people how good and important the EU is.

She somehow survived, with major health complications, including permanent fistula, which will condemn her to a life of exclusion from her family and unrelieved misery.

The IMF is on much weaker ground, however, in thinking that its one-size-fits-all global tax system will somehow level the playing field internationally.

They thought that financial innovations could somehow turn bad mortgages into good securities, meriting AAA ratings.

American foreign policy assumes that diplomatic relations with Iran are somehow an act of approval.

The consumer price remains unchanged, but the government must somehow pay for the subsidy.

The falsehood is to believe that some cultures are static and inimical to change, while others are somehow uniquely modern.

The only chance to end cotton subsidies is now somehow to convince US and EU leaders to assist African peasants by curtailing payments to their own cotton farmers.

In some parts of Africa, cotton growers are expanding production, providing proof that if the US and Europe did somehow curtail their own cotton output, Africans could plug the gap.

Nor does it indicate that Islamic radicalism is somehow about to engulf or transform Western societies.

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