sometimes /ˈsʌm.taɪmz/adverb 2adjective 1 adverb2 •more than once, or in particular situations, but not alwaysSometimes I sit and think, but mostly I just sit. •(no longer used) On a certain occasion in the past; once.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. — 1599 adjective1 •(no longer used) Former; sometime.Farewell old Gaunt, thy sometimes brothers wife / With her companion Greefe, must end her life. — 1595