3 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sometimes \Some"times'\, adjective
Former; sometime. [Obs.]
Thy sometimes brother's wife. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sometimes \Some"times'\, adverb [Sometime + adverbial ending -s,
as in -wards.]
1. Formerly; sometime. [Obs.]
That fair and warlike form
In which the majesty of buried Denmark
Did sometimes march. --Shak.
2. At times; at intervals; not always; now and then;
occasionally.
It is good that we sometimes be contradicted. --Jer.
Taylor.
{Sometimes . . . sometimes}, at certain times . . . at
certain other times; as, sometimes he is earnest,
sometimes he is frivolous.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
sometimes
adverb: on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always;
"sometimes she wished she were back in England";
"sometimes her photography is breathtaking"; "sometimes
they come for a month; at other times for six months"
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