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for some reason

for some reason adverb: expressing uncertainty for the cause or justification of some event or happening.

Adverb

for some reason

  1. Expressing uncertainty for the cause or justification of some event or happening.
    • Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations.1910, Emerson Hough, chapter II, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
    • Ripper says, “Men do seem to like her for some reason.” Myrtle responds sarcastically, “I can think of three reasons—38- 24-36. Yiish!”2013, Tom Lisanti, Drive-in Dream Girls: A Galaxy of B-Movie Starlets of the Sixties, →ISBN

for some reason meaning in Tamil

for some reason in Tamil

Translations
ஏனோ ēṉō

Forms of for some reason

alternative formfor some reason or other

Questions about for some reason

What does for some reason mean?
For some reason means expressing uncertainty for the cause or justification of some event or happening.
What is for some reason in Tamil?
For some reason in Tamil is ஏனோ (ēṉō). See For some reason meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is for some reason?
For some reason is an adverb.

Words near for some reason in the dictionary

  1. for shits and grins
  2. for shizzle
  3. for short
  4. for show
  5. for so long a time
  6. for some reason
  7. for some reason or other
  8. for some time
  9. for someone
  10. for sour apples
  11. for sport

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