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Word: sometimes
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From: gcide - The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Sometimes \Some"times`\, a.
   Former; sometime. [Obs.]
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         Thy sometimes brother's wife.            --Shak.
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From: gcide - The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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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From: wn - WordNet (r) 2.0
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sometimes
     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"