for some unspecified reason
"It doesn't seem fair somehow"
"he had me dead to rights but somehow I got away with it"
In one way or another; in a way not yet known or explained; by some means
"The cat somehow managed to open the locked window and escape into the garden."
In plain English: Somehow means doing something even though you don't know exactly how it happened or why it worked out that way.
"Somehow, I managed to find my way home in the dark rain."
Usage: Use somehow to indicate that something happened through an unknown method or without explanation, often implying surprise at the outcome. It differs from similar words like anyway, which suggests proceeding regardless of obstacles rather than relying on mystery.
Somehow is a compound word formed from the words some and how. It entered English as a way to express an unspecified manner or means of doing something.