CEFR A2

somehow

adverb

Meaning

In some way that is not known or not stated.

Examples

Somehow, she always knew when I was lying.
The package arrived somehow damaged.

Synonyms: in some way, by some means, inexplicably

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somehow (A2)

adverb

Pronunciation: /ˈsʌmhaʊ/

Definition

In some way that is not known or not stated.

Examples

Somehow, she always knew when I was lying.
The package arrived somehow damaged.

How to Use somehow

somehow manage to do something (collocation): to succeed in doing something, especially something difficult, without a clear explanation of how it was done — "He somehow managed to escape from the locked room."
somehow be (collocation): to exist or be present in a way that is not clear or understood — "The old photograph was somehow still in the album."

Synonyms of somehow

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