somewise

American  

[suhm-wahyz] / ˈsʌmˌwaɪz /

adverb

Archaic.

1. by some means; somehow.

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somewise British  

/ ˈsʌmˌwaɪz /

adverb

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

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Etymology

Origin of somewise

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

Example Sentences

And this thing I have said somewise before this time.

From The Night Land by Hodgson, William Hope

I set her instant to the ground; and she gave out a little cry as she saw that I did be gone somewise hard and stern with her.

From The Night Land by Hodgson, William Hope

So it came about that Mary's education was in somewise a mere picking-up of the crumbs which fell from Lesbia's table, and that she was allowed in a general way to run wild.

From Phantom Fortune, a Novel by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

The earnestness and fervour seemed to have gone out of them in somewise since she had come to womanhood.

From London Pride Or When the World Was Younger by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

And afterward, we packt our gear, and she did make a bundle of her torn garments; for, truly, they might be proper somewise to our need.

From The Night Land by Hodgson, William Hope