"someway" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˈsʌmweɪ/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-someway.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From some + way. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|some|way}} some + way Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} someway (not comparable)
  1. (now chiefly US colloquial) Somehow. Tags: US, colloquial, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-someway-en-adv-JHLDFqsQ Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or, The Ambiguities",
          "text": "By some strange arts Isabel's wonderful story might have been, someway, and for some cause, forged for her, in her childhood, and craftily impressed upon her youthful mind; which so — like a slight mark in a young tree — had now enlargingly grown with her growth, till it had become this immense staring marvel.",
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        "(now chiefly US colloquial) Somehow."
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