Definition of Sometimes

1. Adverb. On certain occasions or in certain cases but not always. "Sometimes they come for a month; at other times for six months"

Definition of Sometimes

1. adv. Formerly; sometime.

2. a. Former; sometime.

Definition of Sometimes

1. Adverb. On certain occasions, or in certain circumstances, but not always. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹

2. Adverb. (obsolete) On a certain occasion in the past; once. (defdate 16th-17th c.) ¹

3. Adjective. (obsolete) former; sometime ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sometimes

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sometimes

something fierce
something for the weekend
something good
something is rotten in the state of Denmark
something like
something or other
something tells one
something terrible
something to write home about
somethinged
somethinging
somethings
somethingth
sometime
sometime(a)
sometimes (current term)
someway
someways
somewhat
somewhat poorly drained soil
somewhats
somewhen
somewhence
somewhere
somewhere along the line
somewhere else
somewhereness
somewheres
somewhile
somewhither

Literary usage of Sometimes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1846)
"God sends sometimes rain, and sometimes sunshine : if they be such fools to go through the first, yet let us be content to take fair weather along with us. ..."

2. Paradise Lost by John Milton, Egerton Brydges (1851)
"... Though sometimes by my fear or toil subdued : And sometimes, dazzled by the heavenly page, I have sunk lifeless at its rays sublime. Oft did I pause, ..."

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