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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sometimes
adv
  1. on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always; "sometimes she wished she were back in England"; "sometimes her photography is breathtaking"; "sometimes they come for a month; at other times for six months"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sometimes \Some"times`\, adv. [Sometime + adverbial ending -s,
      as in -wards.]
      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; 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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sometimes \Some"times`\, a.
      Former; sometime. [Obs.]
  
               Thy sometimes brother's wife.                  --Shak.
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