'Somehow' definitions:
Definition of 'somehow'
(from WordNet)
adverb
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" [syn: somehow, someway, someways, in some way, in some manner]
adverb
For some unspecified reason; "It doesn't seem fair somehow"; "he had me dead to rights but somehow I got away with it";
Definition of 'Somehow'
From: GCIDE
- Somehow \Some"how`\ (s[u^]m"hou`), 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. [1913 Webster]
- By their action upon one another they may be swelled somehow, so as to shorten the length. --Cheyne. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The indefiniteness of somehow is emphasized by the addition of or other. [1913 Webster]
- Although youngest of the familly, he has somehow or other got the entire management of all the others. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] Somersault
Synonyms of 'somehow'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accidentally,
- after a fashion,
- anyhow,
- anyway,
- anywise,
- as it chanced,
- by a fluke,
- by accident,
- by chance,
- by good fortune,
- by hazard,
- by some means,
- casually,
- for some reason,
- fortuitously,
- in,
- in some way,
- incidentally,
- no matter how,
- perchance,
- somehow or other,
- someway,
- unpredictably