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sometimes (iou)



sometimes adverb & adjective. LME.
[from SOME adjective + TIME noun + -S3, later identified with -S1.]
A. adverb.
On some occasions; at times; now and then, occasionally. Cf. SOMETIME adverb 1. LME.
R. W. Church Shrewd and sometimes cynical epigrams. M. Sinclair They quarrelled sometimes but they didn't hate each other. J. Buchan Sometimes I wanted to cry and sometimes I wanted to swear. O. Manning Sometimes..Hugh would persuade her to go down to the harbour.
Once; formerly; = SOMETIME adverb 2. L15-E18.
b. adjective.
= SOMETIME adjective 1. L16-L18.
= SOMETIME adjective 3. M20.