Hypertext Webster Gateway: "somehow"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Somehow \Some"how`\, 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.
Note: 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
somehow
adv 1: 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: {someway}, {someways},
{in some way}, {in some manner}]
2: for some unspecified reason; "It doesn't seem fair somehow";
"he had me dead to rights but somehow I got away with it";
"for some reason they didn't seem to match" [syn: {for
some reason}]
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