somewhy
English edit
Etymology edit
From some + why, in analogy with somewhere, somehow etc.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
somewhy (not comparable)
- (rare) For some reason
- 1864, Robert Browning, “Mr. Sludge, "The Medium"”, in Wikisource, line 505[1], retrieved 2012-01-18:
- Out of the drift of facts, whereby you learn
What some was, somewhere, somewhen, somewhy?
- 1988, William Morris, 1924, quotee, edited by Thomas P. Riggio, Letters to Women: New Letters[2], Reprint edition, University of Illinois Press, published 2009, →ISBN, page 179:
- I loved them both—but not so very much else in the book—but I read them over twice & thought—somewhy—of Highland Park & our quaint little trips to Los Angles[sic] & elsewhere thereabouts on the street car.