somehow Hear it!

Jump To: synonymsSynonyms · linkLink/Cite
Also found in: idiomsAH Idiom Dictionary
somehow definition

some·how (-ho̵u′)

adverb

in a way or by a method not known, stated, or understood [was somehow completed]: often in the phrase somehow or other

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Alternate definitions:

idioms somehow idiom

somehow Synonyms

somehow

modif.

in some way, in one way or another, in a way not yet known, by one means or another, by some means, somehow or other, by hook or by crook, anyhow, the best one can, by fair means or foul, after a fashion, with any means at one's disposal, any old how*, every man for himself and the devil take the hindmost*, by guess and by God*.


Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus Copyright © 1999 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Link to this page:

Cite this page:

MLA Style

"somehow." Webster's New World College Dictionary. 2009

  • Your Dictionary. 5 July 2009
  • <www.yourdictionary.com/somehow>

APA Style

somehow. (2009). In Webster's New World College Dictionary

  • Retrieved July 5th, 2009, from www.yourdictionary.com/somehow

Comments:

Please or Register to post a comment