somehowadv.

Brit.

/ˈsʌmhaʊ/, U.S.

/ˈsəmˌhaʊ/

Forms: Also 1700s some how, some-how.

Etymology: < some pron. 2 + how adv.

1. In some manner or by some means not understood or defined; one way or another; someway.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > [adverb] > in some way

allesc1225

somewaysc1440

somewayc1450

somewisec1450

somehow1741

somegate1816

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [adverb] > by some means

somewayc1450

anyhow1678

onehow1719

somehow1741

1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxii. 237 A Hint that might some-how be improved.

1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho II. xii. 455 I trembled when I saw him, for I always was afraid of him, somehow.

1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto VII xxxv. 82 Somewhere, somehow, there was a fault.

1861 W. M. Thackeray Four Georges iii. 120 The Royal New York Gazette somehow ceased to be published.

1867 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood III. iii. 40 You're very different somehow from what you used to be.

2. In the phrase somehow or other, somehow or another.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > [phrase] > in this, some, any, etc., way > in some way

so or soc1449

somehow or another1664

somehow or other1664

somewise1848

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > by the instrumentality of [phrase] > by any means

by hook or (also and) by crookc1380

in any casea1398

by some manner of means1580

at any rate1601

per fas et nefas1602

somehow or another1664

somehow or other1664

at all rates1667

(a)

1664 P. Henry Diaries & Lett. (1882) 158 An Act..was made ready, but somehow or other was missing.

1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 294 He found Means some how or other, to get to Jamaica.

1780 Mirror No. 78 But, somehow or other, our expectations have been always disappointed.

1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. ii. i. 176 His hand shook, to be sure; but some how or other it contrived to do its duty.

1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 203 We contrived at last, somehow or other, to agree in a general conclusion.

(b)1775 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opinions (1783) IV. cxvi. 91 Some how or another, Green chatted me into tolerable spirits.1809 S. Smith Serm. I. 75 It somehow or another happens, that the time..is that which would otherwise be appropriated to the duties of religion.1863 C. Reade Hard Cash III. 9 You have made a little palace of it, somehow or another.1880 F. G. Lee Church under Q. Elizabeth II. 143.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	somehow
释义	somehowadv. Brit. /ˈsʌmhaʊ/, U.S. /ˈsəmˌhaʊ/ Forms: Also 1700s some how, some-how. Etymology: < some pron. 2 + how adv. 1. In some manner or by some means not understood or defined; one way or another; someway. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > [adverb] > in some way allesc1225 somewaysc1440 somewayc1450 somewisec1450 somehow1741 somegate1816 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [adverb] > by some means somewayc1450 anyhow1678 onehow1719 somehow1741 1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxii. 237 A Hint that might some-how be improved. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho II. xii. 455 I trembled when I saw him, for I always was afraid of him, somehow. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto VII xxxv. 82 Somewhere, somehow, there was a fault. 1861 W. M. Thackeray Four Georges iii. 120 The Royal New York Gazette somehow ceased to be published. 1867 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood III. iii. 40 You're very different somehow from what you used to be. 2. In the phrase somehow or other, somehow or another. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > [phrase] > in this, some, any, etc., way > in some way so or soc1449 somehow or another1664 somehow or other1664 somewise1848 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > by the instrumentality of [phrase] > by any means by hook or (also and) by crookc1380 in any casea1398 by some manner of means1580 at any rate1601 per fas et nefas1602 somehow or another1664 somehow or other1664 at all rates1667 (a) 1664 P. Henry Diaries & Lett. (1882) 158 An Act..was made ready, but somehow or other was missing. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 294 He found Means some how or other, to get to Jamaica. 1780 Mirror No. 78 But, somehow or other, our expectations have been always disappointed. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. ii. i. 176 His hand shook, to be sure; but some how or other it contrived to do its duty. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 203 We contrived at last, somehow or other, to agree in a general conclusion. (b)1775 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opinions (1783) IV. cxvi. 91 Some how or another, Green chatted me into tolerable spirits.1809 S. Smith Serm. I. 75 It somehow or another happens, that the time..is that which would otherwise be appropriated to the duties of religion.1863 C. Reade Hard Cash III. 9 You have made a little palace of it, somehow or another.1880 F. G. Lee Church under Q. Elizabeth II. 143. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1664
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