somewise

[ suhm-wahyz ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

, Archaic.

somewise

/ ˈsʌmˌwaɪz /

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

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

C15: from some + -wise

Dopsy felt her hopes in somewise revived by Mr. Tregonell's manner of looking at things.

Let us do what is needful, bow to the right, and in somewise forsake the wrong, and mend where we have broken.

"I shall come next week," says the professor, troubled in somewise by the meaning in her eyes.

To you, therefore, these occasional writings will be in somewise addressed.

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

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