Some"times` , a. Former; sometime.
[Obs.]
Thy sometimes brother's wife.
Shak.
Some"times` (?), adv. [Sometime + adverbial
ending -s, as in -wards.]
1. Formerly; sometime.
[Obs.]
That fair and warlike form
In which the
majesty of buried Denmark
Did sometimes march.
Shak.
2. At times; at intervals; not always; now and then; occasionally.
It is good that we sometimes be
contradicted.
Jer. Taylor. Sometimes . . . sometimes, at certain times . . . at certain other times; as, sometimes he is earnest, sometimes
he is frivolous.