SOMETIMES is a 9 letter word that starts with S.

1. \Some"times`\, adv. [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; 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.
   
   

2. \Some"times`\, a.
   Former; sometime. [Obs.]
   
         Thy sometimes brother's wife.            --Shak.