Meanings
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adv
On some occasions but not always.
Sometimes they wished they were back in England.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
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adv
· on some occasions but not...
at timesevery now and thenevery so oftenfrom time to timenow and againnow and thenoccasionally
Word family
Related forms
sometime
Etymology
From Middle English sumtymes, somtymes, som tymes, equivalent to sometime + -s (adverbial suffix). Compare West Frisian somstiden (“sometimes”), Dutch somtijds, somwijlen (“sometimes”).
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