• enPR: sŭmʹtīmz, IPA: /ˈsʌmtaɪmz/

sometimes (not comparable)

1. On certain occasions, or in certain circumstances, but not always. [from 16th c.]

   Sometimes I sit and think, but mostly I just sit.

2. (obsolete) On a certain occasion in the past; once. [16th-17th c.]
   • c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act I, scene i], lines 46–49, page 152 ↗, column 2:

     What art thou that vſurp’ſt this time of night, / Together with that Faire and Warlike forme / In which the Maieſty of buried Denmarke / Did ſometimes march : By Heauen I charge thee ſpeake.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Ephesians 5:8 ↗:

     For yee were sometimes darkenesse, but now are yee light in the Lord: walke as children of light {{...}

   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Remedies against diſcontents”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970 ↗, partition 2, section 3, member 7, page 351:

     They detract, ſcoffe and raile ſaith one, & barke at mee on every ſide, but I, like that Albanian dog ſometimes given to Alexander for a preſent, vindico me ab illis ſolo contemptu, I ly ſtill and ſleep, vindicate my ſelfe by contempt alone.

• (on certain occasions) at one time or another, at times, every so often, from time to time, occasionally, once in a while; see also Thesaurus:occasionally
• (on a certain occasion in the past) at one time, in the past, yestertide; see also Thesaurus:formerly

• French: parfois, quelquefois, tantôt
• German: manchmal
• Italian: qualche volta, talvolta, a volte
• Portuguese: às vezes
• Russian: иногда́
• Spanish: a veces, algunas veces

sometimes (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Former; sometime.
   • circa 1595 William Shakespeare, Richard II, [Act I, scene ii], lines 54–55:

     Farewell old Gaunt, thy ſometimes brothers wife / With her companion Greefe, muſt end her life.