sometimes
//ˈsʌm.taɪmz//
Definitions
1.On some occasions, over some periods, or in certain circumstances, but not always.
- Sometimes I sit and think, but mostly I just sit.
- In 16th and 17th century Britain, for example, women’s alopecia was sometimes interpreted as retribution for sins, including adultery.
- It is good that we sometimes be contradicted, and ill though of, and that we always bear it well, even when we deserve to be well spoken of : perfect peace and security cannot be had in this world.
Frequency
Overall
Very common· #474
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Common
- General reading & writing
- Very common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Common
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Etymology
From Middle English sumtymes, somtymes, som tymes, equivalent to sometime + -s (adverbial suffix).
Compare West Frisian somstiden (“sometimes”), Dutch somtijds, somwijlen (“sometimes”).