1 (also AmE informal someway, someways) in a way that is not known or certain:
We must stop him from seeing her somehow. * Somehow or other I must get a new job.
2 for a reason that you do not know or understand:
Somehow, I don't feel I can trust him. * She looked different somehow.
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Is somehow a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, somehow is tagged as adverb.
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