sometimes

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Etymology [edit]

From some +‎ times.

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  • enPR: sŭmʹtīmz, IPA: /ˈsʌmtaɪmz/, X-SAMPA: /"sVmtaImz/
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  • Hyphenation: some‧times

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sometimes (not comparable)

  1. On certain occasions, or in certain circumstances, but not always. [from 16th c.]
    Sometimes I sit and think, but mostly I just sit.
  2. (obsolete) On a certain occasion in the past; once. [16th-17th c.]
    • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.3.7:
      they detract, scoffe, and raile (saith one), and bark at me on every side; but I, like that Albanian dog sometimes given to Alexander for a present, vindico me ab illis solo contemptu; I lie still, and sleep, vindicate myself by contempt alone.

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Adjective [edit]

sometimes (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) former; sometime
    Thy sometimes brother's wife. — Shakespeare.

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