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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“It’s somehow a reflection of how against the wall most people are feeling currently,” said Parsons.

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

“It somehow felt like it was upper-class,” Nana, my paternal grandmother, recently told me.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

While ill, they have to beg doctors to believe them and somehow assemble their own care team to try to help them live with a disease that has so far outfoxed the best minds worldwide.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

I’d hoped, somehow, that I could avoid him for days.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse