1660s, "in some way not yet known," from some + how. First attested in phrase somehow or other.
they managed somehow
he expected somehow to discover a woman who would love him
he had me dead to rights but somehow I got away with it
It doesn't seem fair somehow
-some
some
somebody
someday
somedeal
somehow
someone
someplace
somersault
Somerset
something
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