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Webster 1913 Edition

(sŭm′houˊ)

adv.

In one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated; by some means;

as, the thing must be done

somehow

; he lives

somehow

By their action upon one another they may be swelled

somehow

, so as to shorten the length.

Cheyne.

☞ The indefiniteness of somehow is emphasized by the addition of or other.

Although youngest of the familly, he has

somehow or other

got the entire management of all the others.

Sir W. Scott.

adv.

[some and how.] One way or other; on some way not yet known. The thing must have happened somehow or other.