somewise, adv. Now arch.
(ˈsʌmwaɪz)
Also 5 somwyse, 6 sumwise.
[f. some a.1: see -wise.]
In some way or manner; to some extent. In recent use with in.
| c 1440 Alph. Tales 293 Becauce he wold somwyse be occupyed ilka day. 1596 Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. II. 105 To cause his subiectis lyue in peace with him, or sum⁓wise slokne that hett hatred and Jnuie betuene thame. a 1677 Barrow Serm. Upright Walking Wks. 1687 I. 60 That nothing can be really profitable..to us, which..doth not somewise conduce to our spiritual interest. |
| 1848 D. G. Rossetti Last Confession Poems (1870) 67 The father's, brother's love—was changed, I think, in somewise. 1865 Swinburne Chastelard ii. i, I thought I was..lying by my lord, and knew In somewise he was well awake. |