the world > action or operation > manner of action > [phrase] > in this, some, any, etc., way > in some way (8)
so or so: after this or that manner; this or that. Also with many (cf. sense 37e).
In the phrase somehow or other, somehow or another.
In the phrase somehow or other, somehow or another.
In some way or manner; to some extent. In the 19th cent. with in.