sometimes

Definitions

1. adverb

   On some occasions but not always.

   Examples

   • Sometimes I sit and think, but mostly I just sit.
   • Sometimes it rains all week.
   ≈at one time or another≈at times≈every so often≈from time to time≈occasionally +19 more
2. adverb

   In old use, once in the past.

   Examples

   • He was sometimes a soldier in his youth.
   • She sometimes lived in that very house, long ago.
   ≈at one time≈in the past≈sometime≈afore≈aforehand +28 more
3. adjective

   In old use, former.

   Examples

   • Goodbye, my sometimes companion.
   • He remembered his sometimes rival with fondness.