somewhenadv.

/ˈsʌmhwɛn/

Forms: Also Middle English somwanne, sumwhan(ne.

Etymology: < some adj.¹ + when adv., conj., pron., int., and n.

At some (indefinite or unknown) time; sometime or other. Common in 19th cent. Usually coupled with somewhere or somehow.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > particular time > [adverb] > at some time

somewhilea1240

somewhilec1250

somewhen1297

sometime1600

first and last1719

one of these fine days1762

some fine day1762

somewhere along the line1962

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 5212 Of þe batayles of denemarch þat abbeþ ybe in þis londe... Worst hii were, vor oþere somwanne adde ydo [etc.].

1833 J. S. Mill Let. 5 July in Wks. (1963) XII. 163 I shall write out my thoughts more at length somewhere, and somewhen, probably soon.1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies viii. 349 Some folks can't help hoping..that they may have another chance, to make things fair and even, somewhere, somewhen, somehow.1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. ix. 174 Spoken somewhere and somewhen in the past.1876 E. A. Freeman in W. R. W. Stephens Life & Lett. E. A. Freeman (1895) II. 134 To tarry with James Allen..till somewhen about next Wednesday.1920 H. G. Wells Outl. Hist. (rev. ed.) viii. 37/1 Somewhen about 50,000 years ago..appeared Homo Neanderthalensis.1934 J. L. Myres in E. Eyre European Civilization I. 87 Such accommodation between means and ends, resources and wants, is found to have been achieved, somewhen and somehow, [etc.].1975 J. C. Masterman On Chariot Wheel v. 40 I cherished the belief that somehow and somewhen I should find my way to Oxford.

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

单词	somewhen
释义	somewhenadv. /ˈsʌmhwɛn/ Forms: Also Middle English somwanne, sumwhan(ne. Etymology: < some adj.¹ + when adv., conj., pron., int., and n. At some (indefinite or unknown) time; sometime or other. Common in 19th cent. Usually coupled with somewhere or somehow. ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > [adverb] > at some time somewhilea1240 somewhilec1250 somewhen1297 sometime1600 first and last1719 one of these fine days1762 some fine day1762 somewhere along the line1962 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 5212 Of þe batayles of denemarch þat abbeþ ybe in þis londe... Worst hii were, vor oþere somwanne adde ydo [etc.]. 1833 J. S. Mill Let. 5 July in Wks. (1963) XII. 163 I shall write out my thoughts more at length somewhere, and somewhen, probably soon.1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies viii. 349 Some folks can't help hoping..that they may have another chance, to make things fair and even, somewhere, somewhen, somehow.1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. ix. 174 Spoken somewhere and somewhen in the past.1876 E. A. Freeman in W. R. W. Stephens Life & Lett. E. A. Freeman (1895) II. 134 To tarry with James Allen..till somewhen about next Wednesday.1920 H. G. Wells Outl. Hist. (rev. ed.) viii. 37/1 Somewhen about 50,000 years ago..appeared Homo Neanderthalensis.1934 J. L. Myres in E. Eyre European Civilization I. 87 Such accommodation between means and ends, resources and wants, is found to have been achieved, somewhen and somehow, [etc.].1975 J. C. Masterman On Chariot Wheel v. 40 I cherished the belief that somehow and somewhen I should find my way to Oxford. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1297
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