Somehow
Some"how`
(sm"hou`), adv. In one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated; by some means; as, the thing must be done somehow; he lives somehow.[1913 Webster]
By their action upon one another they may be swelled somehow, so as to shorten the length.Cheyne.
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The indefiniteness of somehow is emphasized by the addition of or other.
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Although youngest of the familly, he has somehow or other got the entire management of all the others.Sir W. Scott.
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Som"er*sault
(?),Som"er*set
(?), } n. [F. soubresaut a jump, leap, OF. soubresault, It. soprassalto an overleap, fr. L. supra over + saltus a leap, fr. salire to leap; or the French may be from Sp. sobresalto a sudden asault, a surprise. See Supra, and Salient.] A leap in which a person turns his heels over his head and lights upon his feet; a turning end over end.[Written also
summersault,
sommerset,
summerset, etc.]
"The vaulter's sombersalts."
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Now I'll onlyBeau. & Fl.
Make him break his neck in doing a sommerset.
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