sometimes
AdverbWordNet 3.0
Adverb (1)
- 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”
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Sometimes \Some"times`\, adv. [Sometime + adverbial ending -s, as in -wards.]
1.Formerly; sometime. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
That fair and warlike form In which the majesty of buried Denmark Did sometimes march.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
2.At times; at intervals; not always; now and then; occasionally. [1913 Webster]
It is good that we sometimes be contradicted.— Jer. Taylor.[1913 Webster]
Sometimes . . . sometimes, at certain times . . . at certain other times; as, sometimes he is earnest, sometimes he is frivolous. [1913 Webster]
Sometimes \Some"times`\, a. Former; sometime. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Thy sometimes brother's wife. --Shak. [1913 Webster]