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Meaning of SOMETIMES

Pronunciation:  'sum`tImz

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 Definition: [adv]  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 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  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.
    
    
 

 

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