somehow
adverb
some·how
ˈsəm-ˌhau̇ 
: in one way or another not known or designated : by some means
we'll manage somehow
Examples of somehow in a Sentence
She somehow managed to find her earring in the sand.
It will all work out somehow.
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Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
Which is somehow both a perfect and a counterintuitive way to approach Godard’s debut feature.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2025
Created by Alex Horne, who plays the subservient assistant in the episodes, the show has a unique talent for mining comedy from complete mundanity and inanity, and somehow gets more creative with each passing season.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025
Despite having the worst overall record of those five schools at 7-5, Duke somehow triumphed in a Byzantine tiebreaker system that’s harder to explain than calculus.
—Charlotte Observer, 3 Dec. 2025
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“Somehow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/somehow. Accessed 7 Dec. 2025.
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somehow
adverb
some·how
-ˌhau̇
: in one way or another
we'll manage somehow
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