sometimes

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sometimes - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sometimes \Some"times`\, a.
     Former; sometime. [Obs.]
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           Thy sometimes brother's wife.            --Shak.
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  Sometimes \Some"times`\, adv. [Sometime + adverbial ending -s,
     as in -wards.]
     1. Formerly; sometime. [Obs.]
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              That fair and warlike form
              In which the majesty of buried Denmark
              Did sometimes march.                  --Shak.
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     2. At times; at intervals; not always; now and then;
        occasionally.
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              It is good that we sometimes be contradicted. --Jer.
                                                    Taylor.
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     Sometimes . . . sometimes, at certain times . . . at
        certain other times; as, sometimes he is earnest,
        sometimes he is frivolous.
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sometimes - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sometimes
      adv 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"