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somewhen, adv.|ˈsʌmhwɛn|
Also 4 somwanne, sumwhan(ne.
[f. some a.1 + when adv.]
At some (indefinite or unknown) time; sometime or other. Common in 19th cent. Usu. coupled with somewhere or somehow.
1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 5212 Of þe batayles of denemarch þat abbeþ ybe in þis londe... Worst hii were, vor oþere somwanne adde ydo [etc.].
1833J. S. Mill Let. 5 July in Wks. (1963) XII. 163, I shall write out my thoughts more at length somewhere, and somewhen, probably soon. 1863Kingsley Water-Bab. 349 Some folks can't help hoping..that they may have another chance, to make things fair and even, somewhere, somewhen, somehow. 1875Whitney Life Lang. ix. 174 Spoken somewhere and somewhen in the past. 1876Freeman in W. R. W. Stephens Life & Lett. II. 134 To tarry with James Allen..till somewhen about next Wednesday. 1920H. G. Wells Outl. History (rev. ed.) viii. 37/1 Somewhen about 50,000 years ago..appeared Homo Neanderthalensis. 1934J. L. Myres in E. Eyre Europ. Civilization I. 87 Such accommodation between means and ends, resources and wants, is found to have been achieved, somewhen and somehow, [etc.]. 1975J. C. Masterman On Chariot Wheel v. 40, I cherished the belief that somehow and somewhen I should find my way to Oxford. |