adv. rare. [f. SOME a.1 + WHY adv.] For some reason or reasons.

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1858.  Athenæum, 1 May, 555/2. A buxom, shrill, mean, troublesome woman; yet somehow and somewhy not utterly detestable.

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1864.  Browning, Dram. Pers., Wks. 1896, I. 610/1. You learn What someone was, somewhere, somewhen, somewhy?

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