somehow

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somehow - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Somehow \Some"how`\ (s[u^]m"hou`), adv.
     In one way or another; in some way not yet known or
     designated; by some means; as, the thing must be done
     somehow; he lives somehow.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           By their action upon one another they may be swelled
           somehow, so as to shorten the length.    --Cheyne.
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     Note: The indefiniteness of somehow is emphasized by the
           addition of or other.
           [1913 Webster]
  
                 Although youngest of the familly, he has somehow
                 or other got the entire management of all the
                 others.                            --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
           [1913 Webster] Somersault

somehow - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  somehow
      adv 1: in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified
             means; "they managed somehow"; "he expected somehow to
             discover a woman who would love him"; "he tried to make
             is someway acceptable" [syn: somehow, someway,
             someways, in some way, in some manner]
      2: for some unspecified reason; "It doesn't seem fair somehow";
         "he had me dead to rights but somehow I got away with it";

somehow - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "somehow":
     accidentally, after a fashion, anyhow, anyway, anywise,
     as it chanced, by a fluke, by accident, by chance, by good fortune,
     by hazard, by some means, casually, for some reason, fortuitously,
     in, in some way, incidentally, no matter how, perchance,
     somehow or other, someway, unpredictably