somewayadv.

Brit.

/ˈsʌmweɪ/, U.S.

/ˈsəmˌweɪ/

Forms: Also some way.

Etymology: < some adj.¹ + way n.¹

Now chiefly U.S. colloquial.

1. In some way or manner; by some means; somehow.

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

c1450 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 40 God wyl be vengyd on us sum way.

1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Aliqua,..someway: by some meanes.

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Qii^v/1 Someway, aliqua.

1641 R. Greville Disc. Nature Episcopacie i. x. 57* All someway oppose the whole Law of Christ.

1674 H. Prideaux Lett. (1875) 19 I will not yet dispair of Williamson's provideing for you some way or other.

1736 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 598/1 That his Lordship had a Right some-way to interest himself in Affairs of this Nature.

1798 M. Edgeworth & R. L. Edgeworth Pract. Educ. I. v. 147 They are to..behave in company some way differently from what they behave every day in their own family.

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 247 We shall have to contemplate..the bile as some way or other damaged in its secretion.

1890 Advance (Chicago) 27 Feb. We someway think that contentment is to feel no want.

1892 B. Potter Jrnl. 8 Oct. (1966) 278 They are related someway to Neil Gow.

1902 W. B. Yeats Where there is Nothing (1903) v. 106 I thought he would have had half Ireland with him by this time with his great preaching, but someway when he preaches to the people, they don't seem to mind him much.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. viii. [Lestrygonians] 174 Pity of course: but somehow you can't cotton on to them someway.

1930 W. Faulkner As I lay Dying 115 It's like he had got into the inside of you, someway.

1938 M. K. Rawlings Yearling xiv. 140 I hate the hawks eatin' the quail, but I don't someway mind the 'coons eatin' the grapes.

1978 Washington Post 22 July a8 I keep the windows open and run my box fan. I figure the Lord will take care of me somehow, someway.

2. At some distance. In quot. 1859 transferred of time.Usually, and more correctly, written as two words: cf. quot. 1867 at some adj.¹ 4c.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > [adverb] > at some distance

far afield1617

someway1859

1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. iv. 84 But then came the days of sadness, when Adam was some way on in his teens.

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

单词	someway
释义	somewayadv. Brit. /ˈsʌmweɪ/, U.S. /ˈsəmˌweɪ/ Forms: Also some way. Etymology: < some adj.¹ + way n.¹ Now chiefly U.S. colloquial. 1. In some way or manner; by some means; somehow. 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 c1450 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 40 God wyl be vengyd on us sum way. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Aliqua,..someway: by some meanes. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Qii^v/1 Someway, aliqua. 1641 R. Greville Disc. Nature Episcopacie i. x. 57* All someway oppose the whole Law of Christ. 1674 H. Prideaux Lett. (1875) 19 I will not yet dispair of Williamson's provideing for you some way or other. 1736 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 598/1 That his Lordship had a Right some-way to interest himself in Affairs of this Nature. 1798 M. Edgeworth & R. L. Edgeworth Pract. Educ. I. v. 147 They are to..behave in company some way differently from what they behave every day in their own family. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 247 We shall have to contemplate..the bile as some way or other damaged in its secretion. 1890 Advance (Chicago) 27 Feb. We someway think that contentment is to feel no want. 1892 B. Potter Jrnl. 8 Oct. (1966) 278 They are related someway to Neil Gow. 1902 W. B. Yeats Where there is Nothing (1903) v. 106 I thought he would have had half Ireland with him by this time with his great preaching, but someway when he preaches to the people, they don't seem to mind him much. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. viii. [Lestrygonians] 174 Pity of course: but somehow you can't cotton on to them someway. 1930 W. Faulkner As I lay Dying 115 It's like he had got into the inside of you, someway. 1938 M. K. Rawlings Yearling xiv. 140 I hate the hawks eatin' the quail, but I don't someway mind the 'coons eatin' the grapes. 1978 Washington Post 22 July a8 I keep the windows open and run my box fan. I figure the Lord will take care of me somehow, someway. 2. At some distance. In quot. 1859 transferred of time.Usually, and more correctly, written as two words: cf. quot. 1867 at some adj.¹ 4c. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > [adverb] > at some distance far afield1617 someway1859 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. iv. 84 But then came the days of sadness, when Adam was some way on in his teens. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.c1450
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