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As often as not it is confected from leftovers, sometimes from the very usages that prescriptivists condemn.

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  1. adverb At times; now and then.
  2. adverb Obsolete At some previous time; formerly.

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  • As often as not it is confected from leftovers, sometimes from the very usages that prescriptivists condemn. —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VIII No 1
  • The fisherman, on his part, employed sometimes a French word, sometimes an English word, and sometimes a word which appeared not to belong to any language, but was, in truth, pure Gascon. —  The Vicomte De Bragelonne
  • The fisherman on his part, employed sometimes a French word, sometimes an English word, and sometimes a word which appeared not to belong to any language, but was, in truth, pure Gascon. —  Ten Years Later
  • The fisherman, on his part, employed sometimes a French word, sometimes an —  The Vicomte De Bragelonne
  • Helen L. L.nn Westfield, New Jersey Philip Howard L.galese Philip Howard on English English Those who think that civilization as we know it is coming to an end and that the Dark Ages are about to descend again sometimes cite the "decay" of English as a symptom of the supposed general decline of civilization. —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VI No 1
 

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  1. from sometime + adverb suffix -s.
  2. from sometimes, adv.
 

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/ˈsəmtaɪmz/
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