DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan

 Some·times adv.
 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.