Pengertian Somehow

Somehow adalah adverb (kata keterangan) yang berarti “in a way that is not known or stated” (dengan cara yang tidak diketahui atau dinyatakan ~ entah bagaimana caranya).

Pada North American English, someway dan someways dapat juga digunakan pada situasi informal. Somehow dapat pula bermakna “for a reason that you do not know or understand” (untuk alasan yang kamu tidak ketahui atau mengerti ~ entah mengapa). Kata ini dapat menempati posisi awal, tengah, dan akhir kalimat.

Contoh Kalimat Somehow

No	Contoh kalimat Somehow
in a way that is not known or stated	Somehow they found out he was involved in scams. (Entah bagaimana caranya mereka menemukan bahwa dia terlibat dalam penipuan-penipuan.)
	He somehow managed to get home. (Dia entah bagaimana caranya berhasil pulang ke rumah.)
	Everything will be alright somehow. (Semuanya akan baik-baik saja entah bagaimana caranya.)
for a reason that you do not know	Sarah seemed uncomfortable somehow. (Sarah tampak tidak nyaman entah kenapa.)
	I get enough sleep, but somehow I still have dark circles under my eyes. (Saya tidur cukup, tapi entah kenapa saya masih memiliki lingkaran hitam di bawah mata saya.)
	He thinks renting property is somehow a massive waste of money. (Dia berpikir bahwa menyewa properti entah kenapa pemborosan uang besar-besaran.)

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References:

1. Somehow. http://www.learnersdictionary.com/definition/somehow. Accessed on January 20, 2018.
2. Somehow. https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/somehow. Accessed on January 20, 2018.
3. Somehow. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/somehow. Accessed on January 20, 2018.
4. Definition of ‘Somehow’. https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/somehow. Accessed on January 21, 2018.