somewhile

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English summehwile, summewile, sumwile, equivalent to some +‎ while. Compare Dutch somwijlen (“sometimes”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsʌmʍaɪl/, /ˈsʌmwaɪl/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Adverb

somewhile (not comparable)

  1. Sometimes; at one time or another; from time to time; at times
  2. For a while; at one time; for a time

Coordinate terms

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “somewhile”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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