Lexic.us

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

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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