Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - somehow

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. You use somehow to say that you do not know or cannot say how something was done or will be done. We’ll manage somehow, you and me. I know we will... Somehow Karin managed to cope with the demands of her career... Somehow I knew he would tell me the truth... ADV: ADV with v, ADV adj 2. somehow or other: see other