somewise

[ suhm-wahyz ]

adverb

, Archaic.

1. by some means; somehow.

somewise

/ ˈsʌmˌwaɪz /

adverb

1. in some way or to some degree; somehow (archaic, except in the phrase in somewise )

Word History and Origins

Origin of somewise¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; some, wise ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of somewise¹

C15: from some + -wise

Example Sentences

And somehow, somewise, someway he had consented.

From Literature

But ere they came, to the black death-gap Somewise did I creep and steal; And lo! or ever I swooned away, Through the dusk I saw where the white face lay In the Pit of Fortune's Wheel.

From Project Gutenberg

A door I made in somewise, and for a window I had a piece of transparent skin, having no glass.

From Project Gutenberg

That night, and many nights thereafter, I had good takings of fish, and in the labor of looking after my corks and making fast my seizings the void in my mind was in somewise filled with other matter than thoughts of my abject state.

From Project Gutenberg

My dear mother, taking into consideration my tender years, and perhaps influenced in somewise by her own love of picking up odd bits of Sheraton or Chippendale furniture in the storehouses of the less ambitious second-hand dealers of those simpler days, offered me the following scenario for a domestic story.

From Project Gutenberg