"somehow" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈsʌmhaʊ/ Audio: en-us-somehow.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -aʊ Etymology: From some + how. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|some|how}} some + how Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} somehow (not comparable)
  1. In one way or another; in a way not yet known or explained; by some means Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: somewise, someway Derived forms: somehow or other Translations (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated): πώς (pṓs) (Ancient Greek), কেনেবাকৈ (kenebakoi) (Assamese), কিবা প্ৰকাৰে (kiba prokare) (Assamese), я́ка-сь (jáka-sʹ) (Belarusian), не́як (njéjak) (Belarusian), як-не́будзь (jak-njébudzʹ) (Belarusian), някакси (njakaksi) (Bulgarian), 以某种方式 (yǐ mǒu zhǒng fāngshì) (Chinese Mandarin), 不知何故 (bùzhī hégù) (Chinese Mandarin), war neb kor (Cornish), nějak (Czech), op een of andere manier (Dutch), eenderhoe (Dutch), iel (Esperanto), jotenkin (Finnish), jotenkuten (Finnish), jollakin tavalla (english: by some means, emphasized) (Finnish), d’une façon ou d’une autre (French), quelque part [colloquial] (French), irgendwie (German), κάπως (kápos) (Greek), valahogy (Hungarian), valahogyan (Hungarian), einhvern veginn (Icelandic), ar chuma éigin (Irish), in qualche modo (Italian), なぜか (nazeka) (Japanese), 何とか (nantoka) (alt: なんとか) (Japanese), なぜなのか (nazenanoka) (Japanese), agyang pakananu (Kapampangan), andyang pakananu (Kapampangan), 왠지 (waenji) (Korean), nazkai (Latgalian), kai naviņ (Latgalian), kazyn kai (Latgalian), aliquā (Latin), kaut kā (Latvian), eikorleis (Norwegian), āwiht (Old English), in ōþer wīsan (Old English), jakoś (Polish), de alguma forma (Portuguese), de alguma maneira (Portuguese), de algum jeito (Portuguese), por algum meio (Portuguese), cumva (Romanian), ка́к-то (kák-to) (Russian), ка́к-нибу́дь (kák-nibúdʹ) (Russian), почему́-то (počemú-to) (note: for some reason) (Russian), отчего́-то (otčevó-to) (Russian), समह (samaha) (Sanskrit), nekako (Serbo-Croatian), некако (Serbo-Croatian), nejako (Slovak), de algún modo (Spanish), de alguna manera (Spanish), de alguna forma (Spanish), på något sätt (Swedish), på ett eller annat sätt (Swedish), kahit na papaano (Tagalog), kahit papaano (Tagalog), ఎలాగోలా (elāgōlā) (Telugu), ఏదోరకంగా (ēdōrakaṅgā) (Telugu), bir şekilde (Turkish), я́кось (jákosʹ) (Ukrainian), як-не́будь (jak-nébudʹ) (Ukrainian), rhywsut (Welsh)

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          "text": "This problem has to be tackled somehow.",
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          "text": "December 1, 2016, Tom Donaghy writing in The New York Times, Tender Side of Edward Albee\nIt’s not by accident Edward wrote “The Goat,” “The Zoo Story” or “Seascape,” with its two lizards, Sarah and Leslie. In fact, in all of his plays the animal is pretty prominent, somehow or other."
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          "word": "somewise"
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          "code": "as",
          "lang": "Assamese",
          "roman": "kenebakoi",
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          "word": "কেনেবাকৈ"
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          "code": "as",
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          "code": "be",
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          "lang": "Belarusian",
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          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "не́як"
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "jak-njébudzʹ",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "як-не́будзь"
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "njakaksi",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "някакси"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "note": "(no equivalent exists; literally) 以某種方式",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yǐ mǒu zhǒng fāngshì",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "以某种方式"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bùzhī hégù",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "不知何故"
        },
        {
          "code": "kw",
          "lang": "Cornish",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "war neb kor"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "nějak"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "op een of andere manier"
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        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "eenderhoe"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "iel"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "jotenkin"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "jotenkuten"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "by some means, emphasized",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "jollakin tavalla"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "d’une façon ou d’une autre"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "quelque part"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "irgendwie"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "kápos",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "κάπως"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "pṓs",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "πώς"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "valahogy"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "valahogyan"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "einhvern veginn"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "ar chuma éigin"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "in qualche modo"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "nazeka",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "なぜか"
        },
        {
          "alt": "なんとか",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "nantoka",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "何とか"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "nazenanoka",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "なぜなのか"
        },
        {
          "code": "pam",
          "lang": "Kapampangan",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "agyang pakananu"
        },
        {
          "code": "pam",
          "lang": "Kapampangan",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "andyang pakananu"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "waenji",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "왠지"
        },
        {
          "code": "ltg",
          "lang": "Latgalian",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "nazkai"
        },
        {
          "code": "ltg",
          "lang": "Latgalian",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "kai naviņ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ltg",
          "lang": "Latgalian",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "kazyn kai"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "aliquā"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "kaut kā"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "eikorleis"
        },
        {
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "āwiht"
        },
        {
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "in ōþer wīsan"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "jakoś"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "de alguma forma"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "de alguma maneira"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "de algum jeito"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "por algum meio"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "cumva"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kák-to",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "ка́к-то"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kák-nibúdʹ",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "ка́к-нибу́дь"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "for some reason",
          "roman": "počemú-to",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "почему́-то"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otčevó-to",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "отчего́-то"
        },
        {
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "samaha",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "समह"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "nekako"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "некако"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "nejako"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "de algún modo"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "de alguna manera"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "de alguna forma"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "på något sätt"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "på ett eller annat sätt"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "kahit na papaano"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "kahit papaano"
        },
        {
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "elāgōlā",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "ఎలాగోలా"
        },
        {
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "ēdōrakaṅgā",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "ఏదోరకంగా"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "bir şekilde"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "jákosʹ",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "я́кось"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "jak-nébudʹ",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "як-не́будь"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
          "word": "rhywsut"
        }
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  "derived": [
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      "word": "somehow or other"
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          "text": "We don't know how he's still alive after the accident, but somehow he is.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "December 1, 2016, Tom Donaghy writing in The New York Times, Tender Side of Edward Albee\nIt’s not by accident Edward wrote “The Goat,” “The Zoo Story” or “Seascape,” with its two lizards, Sarah and Leslie. In fact, in all of his plays the animal is pretty prominent, somehow or other."
        },
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          "ref": "1895, William Dean Howells, Mortality",
          "text": "Have I not loathed to live again and said\nIt would have been far better to be dead,\nAnd yet somehow, I know not why,\nRemained afraid to die!",
          "type": "quotation"
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          "ref": "1817, Sir Walter Scott, Rob Roy",
          "text": "Although youngest of the family, he has somehow or other got the entire management of all the others.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        "In one way or another; in a way not yet known or explained; by some means"
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          "way",
          "way"
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          "another",
          "another"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "somewise"
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    {
      "word": "someway"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "kenebakoi",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "কেনেবাকৈ"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "kiba prokare",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "কিবা প্ৰকাৰে"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "jáka-sʹ",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "я́ка-сь"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "njéjak",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "не́як"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "jak-njébudzʹ",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "як-не́будзь"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "njakaksi",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "някакси"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "note": "(no equivalent exists; literally) 以某種方式",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǐ mǒu zhǒng fāngshì",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "以某种方式"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bùzhī hégù",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "不知何故"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "war neb kor"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "nějak"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "op een of andere manier"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "eenderhoe"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "iel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "jotenkin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "jotenkuten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "by some means, emphasized",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "jollakin tavalla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "d’une façon ou d’une autre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "quelque part"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "irgendwie"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kápos",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "κάπως"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "pṓs",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "πώς"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "valahogy"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "valahogyan"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "einhvern veginn"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "ar chuma éigin"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "in qualche modo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nazeka",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "なぜか"
    },
    {
      "alt": "なんとか",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nantoka",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "何とか"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nazenanoka",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "なぜなのか"
    },
    {
      "code": "pam",
      "lang": "Kapampangan",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "agyang pakananu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pam",
      "lang": "Kapampangan",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "andyang pakananu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "waenji",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "왠지"
    },
    {
      "code": "ltg",
      "lang": "Latgalian",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "nazkai"
    },
    {
      "code": "ltg",
      "lang": "Latgalian",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "kai naviņ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ltg",
      "lang": "Latgalian",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "kazyn kai"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "aliquā"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "kaut kā"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "eikorleis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "āwiht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "in ōþer wīsan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "jakoś"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "de alguma forma"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "de alguma maneira"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "de algum jeito"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "por algum meio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "cumva"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kák-to",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "ка́к-то"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kák-nibúdʹ",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "ка́к-нибу́дь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "for some reason",
      "roman": "počemú-to",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "почему́-то"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otčevó-to",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "отчего́-то"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "samaha",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "समह"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "nekako"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "некако"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "nejako"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "de algún modo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "de alguna manera"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "de alguna forma"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "på något sätt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "på ett eller annat sätt"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "kahit na papaano"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "kahit papaano"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "elāgōlā",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "ఎలాగోలా"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "ēdōrakaṅgā",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "ఏదోరకంగా"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "bir şekilde"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "jákosʹ",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "я́кось"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "jak-nébudʹ",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "як-не́будь"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated",
      "word": "rhywsut"
    }
  ],
  "word": "somehow"
}

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