Definitions

somehow

[suhm-hou] / ˈsʌmˌhaʊ /

ADVERB

by some means

Synonyms

STRONGEST

anyway

WEAK

after a fashion anyhow anywise by hook or crook come what may in one way or another in some such way in some way one way or another somehow or another somehow or other

Antonyms

WEAK

no way

Example Sentences

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In New York, they somehow make perfect sense.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

Royal Mail said it checks its delivery offices and sorting machines daily and it was likely the magazine had been somehow put back into the postal system by someone, rather than lost.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

“I don’t think that means I don’t work for a living. I don’t think it somehow offsets the fact that I did four tours in the infantry and served my country in intense combat.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

These are reasonable, popular, broadly agreed-upon things everyone wants and somehow never get.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026

Clare stumbled and rolled, somehow finding his feet in the forward momentum.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman