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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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