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somehow

  • /ˈsʌmhaʊ/
  • /ˈsʊmhuː/ Northumbria

Rhymes with -aʊ

adverb

  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.

    Similar: somewise, someway

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: someways, someway, something, strangely, oddly, weirdly, surprisingly, apparently, bizarrely, uncannily, kinda, sorta, somewhat, yet, shockingly, however

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adv in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated

Españolde algún modo, de alguna manera/forma
한국어왠지 waenji, 어쩌다 eojjeoda
日本語なぜか nazeka, 何とか nantoka, なぜなのか nazenanoka, なんだか nandaka, こころなし kokoronashi, こころなしか kokoronashi ka
中文不知何故 bùzhī hégù
Portuguêsde alguma forma, de alguma maneira, de algum jeito, por algum meio
Françaisd'une façon ou d'une autre, quelque part
Deutschirgendwie
Italianoin qualche modo
Ελληνικάκάπως kápos
Românăcumva
Русскийка́к-то kák-to, ка́к-нибу́дь kák-nibúdʹ, почему́-то počemú-to, отчего́-то otčevó-to

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@misc{somehow_2026,
  title = {somehow},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/somehow},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}