somewheres

[ suhm-hwairz, -wairz ]

adverb

, Nonstandard.

1. somewhere.

Word History and Origins

Origin of somewheres¹

1805–15; somewhere + -s 1

Example Sentences

“My opinion is this: that ’ere wolf is a-’idin’ of, somewheres.

From Literature

Andy summons a waiter and asks, "Have you got a nice steak on here somewheres?"

From Salon

“I’m telling my kids already,” Mr. Farrow said, “go somewheres else.”

From New York Times

They are the cosmopolitans and the rooted, or as David Goodhart put it in his 2017 book “The Road to Somewhere,” the “somewheres” and the “anywheres.”

From Washington Post

This isn’t too far removed from the simplistic populist dichotomy between “somewheres” and “anywheres” popularised by the writer David Goodhart.

From The Guardian

Related Words

• around
• elsewhere
• here and there
• someplace