sometimes

EN[ˈsʌmtaɪmz]
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Definition of sometimes in English Dictionary

• Adjective
  1. OBS Former; sometime.
• Adverb+-
  1. On certain occasions, or in certain circumstances, but not always.
     1. Sometimes I sit and think, but mostly I just sit. ‎
  2. OBS On a certain occasion in the past; once.
• More Examples
  1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
     • She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings / That in the various bustle of resort / Were all toruffl'd, and sometimes impair'd — John Milton, Comus.
     • Machining a straight spline with a lathe. Sometimes the task of splining a shaft comes up during a repair. Instead of sending out the job, use this setup to mill the splines on a lathe.
     • The third molar tooth erupts late in most people, and sometimes does not appear at all.
  2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
     • Sometimes people aren't available for a rousing night of "Netflix and chill." - Can't change someone or fix them. People are who they are, especially as they get older.
     • Sometimes running to the football, you're going to overpursue, and he may break it all the way out back out the back door.
     • Sometimes it'll make a leitmotiv of a famous line like Thomas Wyatt's "They fle from me that sometyme did me seke," flashing the line again and again in different contexts.
  3. Used in the Ending of Sentence
     • God, I love this woman, ditzy nutzo that she is sometimes!
     • I know in the past I've been a giant twat, but all the hard work I've done since then is to redeem myself. I just want to do something useful, and I'm sorry if I cock it up sometimes.

• Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
  1. Adjectives
     • Uncomparable adjectives
  2. Adverbs
     • Time adverbs
       • Frequency adverbs
     • Uncomparable adverbs

Other Vocabulary

1. en sometime
2. en hometimes
3. en some times
4. fr sortîmes
5. en sometyme

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