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somehow

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some·how  (smhou)
adv.
In a way not specified, understood, or known.

somehow [ˈsʌmˌhaʊ]
adv
1. in some unspecified way
2. Also somehow or other by any means that are necessary
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.somehow - 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"
2.somehow - for some unspecified reason; "It doesn't seem fair somehow"; "he had me dead to rights but somehow I got away with it";

somehow
adverb one way or another, come what may, come hell or high water (informal), by fair means or foul, by hook or (by) crook, by some means or other I managed, somehow, to scrape a living.
Translations
somehow [ˈsʌmhaʊ] ADV
1. (= by some means) → de algún modo, de alguna manera
I'll do it somehowde algún modo or de alguna manera lo haré
it has to be done somehow or otherde un modo u otro or de una manera u otra tiene que hacerse
2. (= for some reason) → por alguna razón
somehow I didn't get on with herpor alguna razón or no sé porqué, no me llevaba bien con ella
somehow I don't think he believed meno sé porqué, pero me parece que no me creyó
somehow or other I never liked himpor alguna razón u otra nunca me cayó bien
it seems odd, somehow; it seems somehow oddno sé porqué pero me parece extraño

somehow [ˈsʌmhaʊ] adv
(= in some way) → d'une manière ou d'une autre
Somehow or other he's involved → D'une manière ou d'une autre, il est impliqué.
I'll do it somehow
BUT Je trouverai le moyen de le faire.
(= for some reason) → d'une certaine manière
Somehow I don't think he believed me → D'une certaine manière, je ne pense pas qu'il m'ait cru., Quelque chose me dit qu'il ne m'a pas cru.

somehow
advirgendwie; it must be done somehow or otheres muss irgendwie gemacht werden; somehow (or other) I never liked himirgendwie habe ich ihn nie gemocht or nie leiden können

somehow [ˈsʌmˌhaʊ] adv
a. (in some way) → in qualche modo, in un modo o nell'altro
it must be done somehow or other → bene o male va fatto
we managed it somehow → non so come, ma ce l'abbiamo fatta
we'll manage somehow → in un modo o nell'altro ce la faremo
b. (for some reason) → per un motivo o per l'altro
it seems odd somehow → non so perché, ma mi sembra strano
somehow I've never succeeded → chissà perché non ce l'ho mai fatta

somehow [ˈsʌmˌhaʊ] adv
a. (in some way) → in qualche modo, in un modo o nell'altro
it must be done somehow or other → bene o male va fatto
we managed it somehow → non so come, ma ce l'abbiamo fatta
we'll manage somehow → in un modo o nell'altro ce la faremo
b. (for some reason) → per un motivo o per l'altro
it seems odd somehow → non so perché, ma mi sembra strano
somehow I've never succeeded → chissà perché non ce l'ho mai fatta

somehow بطريقة ما nějak på en eller anden måde irgendwie κάπως de alguna forma jotenkin d’une certaine manière nekako in qualche modo 何とか 어떻게든 op de een of andere manier på en eller annen måte jakoś de certa forma как-то på något sätt อย่างไรก็ตาม nasılsa bằng cách nào đó 不知何故


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The advent of Rebecca had somehow infused a new spirit into these hitherto terrible afternoons.
I mastered the notion of their communism, and approved of their iron money, with the poverty it obliged them to, yet somehow their cruel treatment of the Helots failed to shock me; perhaps I forgave it to their patriotism, as I had to forgive many ugly facts in the history of the Romans to theirs.
He did everything with an air which put your attention on the alert and raised your expectations, but the result somehow was always on stereotyped lines, unsuggestive, empty of any lesson that one could lay to heart.
 
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