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somehow

/ˈsʌmhaʊ/ adverb B1
  1. In one way or another; in a way not yet known or explained; by some means · This problem has to be tackled somehow.· We don't know how he's still alive after the accident, but somehow he is.
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“Yes, indeed; I had previously inquired of Dantès what was his opinion of you, and if he should have any reluctance to continue you in your post, for somehow I have perceived a sort of coolness between you.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 37 · C1
It seems uncanny to think of a child at Green Gables somehow; there’s never been one there, for Matthew and Marilla were grown up when the new house was built--if they ever _were_ children, which is hard to believe when one looks at them.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 10 · C1
But, although it was neat and clean, it did not seem quite the thing to put a girl there somehow.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 34 · C1
Richard Spencer’s folks have twisted that message somehow.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 36 · C1

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