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somewhence

somewhence adverb: from somewhere.

Adverb

somewhence (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, literary) from somewhere
    • ... so that the said plain looked even as a wide green highway leading ... somewhence to somewhither.1897, William Morris, “Chapter IV. Of the Slaying of Friend and Foe”, in The Water of the Wondrous Isles (Fantasy), Project Gutenberg, published 2005, page 157
    • For all beautiful things, no matter how fanciful, are somehow, somewhen, somewhence, true; and all true things, no matter how repellent, are somehow, somewhen, somewhence, beautiful.1910, “Volume 50”, in Good Housekeeping Magazine, Indiana University, published 2008, page 157

Origin of somewhence

From some + whence.

Questions about somewhence

What does somewhence mean?
Somewhence means from somewhere.
What part of speech is somewhence?
Somewhence is an adverb.

Words near somewhence in the dictionary

  1. somewhat
  2. somewhatly
  3. somewhatness
  4. somewhats
  5. somewhen
  6. somewhence
  7. somewhere
  8. somewhere along the line
  9. somewhere else
  10. somewhere over the rainbow
  11. somewhereness

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