Definitions
On some occasions, but not always.
Word origin
From Middle English sumtymes, somtymes, som tymes, equivalent to sometime + -s (adverbial suffix). Compare West Frisian somstiden (“sometimes”), Dutch somtijds, somwijlen (“sometimes”).
Used in a sentence
“Sometimes I sit and think, but mostly I just sit.”
“It is good that we sometimes be contradicted, and ill though of, and that we always bear it well, even when we deserve to be well spoken of : perfect peace and security cannot be had in this world.”
“In 16th and 17th century Britain, for example, women’s alopecia was sometimes interpreted as retribution for sins, including adultery.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“occasionally”9 letters
02“not always”9 letters
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