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Somewhy
//ˈsʌmwai//
Synonyms for "somewhy"
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Translations
4 translations across 4 languages.
Esperanto
1 entries- ial adv (for some reason)
Polish
1 entries- jakoś adv (for some reason)
Russian
1 entries- почему-то adv (for some reason)
Ukrainian
1 entries- чомусь adv (for some reason)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
I loved them both—but not so very much else in the book—but I read them over twice & thought—somewhy—of Highland Park & our quaint little trips to Los Angles^([sic]) & elsewhere thereabouts on the street car.
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Somewhy I've always had this stupid idea that something or something or somebody awful is waiting here for me.
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But somehow, somewhy, he did something and that woman knew it. And somehow, somewhy on a whole lot of other days he doesn't do anything we can see ...
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