Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb At times; now and then.
- adverb Obsolete At some previous time; formerly.
from The Century Dictionary.
- At times; now and then: as, I am sometimes at leisure; sometimes he plays Hamlet, and sometimes Othello.
- At one time; at or for a certain time in the past; formerly; once; sometime.
- Same as
sometime .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb obsolete Formerly; sometime.
- adverb At times; at intervals; not always; now and then; occasionally.
- adverb at certain times … at certain other times.
- adjective obsolete Former; sometime.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete
former ;sometime
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
Etymologies
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Examples
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She sometimes wants to mock oldsters for acting young and sometimes to help them do so.
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LINDENSCHMIED (_from this point on incessantly casting furtive glances sometimes at_ ANDREW, _sometimes at the gun_).
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«modo ... modo», _now ... now, sometimes ... sometimes_
Latin for Beginners Benjamin Leonard D'Ooge 1900
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Don't you think that perhaps sometimes success may be -- I don't say it always is -- as high-minded as failure, that a hard-won victory may be as honourable as defeat, that achievement may _sometimes_ be the result not of chance or interest, but of unremitting toil?
Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron Mary Cholmondeley 1892
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And sometimes "-- she crossed her crop and looked around at him reflectively --" _sometimes_, do you know, I am almost afraid that you are so very, very good, that perhaps you are becoming almost goody-good. "
The Younger Set 1899
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It must come sometimes -- _all_ chindrel is c'oss _sometimes_, "she added complacently.
Hoodie Mrs. Molesworth 1880
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"Backlog" is a term sometimes used loosely in the industry and may not represent firm orders at all, he said.
SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter Alison Vekshin 2011
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In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, investors are overly concerned at the possibility of so-called black swan events, said O'Neill, using a term sometimes used to describe unlikely occurrences with severe consequences.
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I get to say her name sometimes dozens of times a day as I engage in the mission of The Sylvia Center.
Liz Neumark: Still Talking After Seven Years Liz Neumark 2011
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I get to say her name sometimes dozens of times a day as I engage in the mission of The Sylvia Center.
Liz Neumark: Still Talking After Seven Years Liz Neumark 2011
frangarnes commented on the word sometimes
A veces, de vez en cuando
October 20, 2007