sometimesadverb
uk/ˈsʌm.taɪmz/us/ˈsʌm.taɪmz/A1 on some occasions but not always or often:
Sometimes we take food with us and sometimes we buy food when we're there.
Sometimes it's best not to say anything.
More examples
- I sometimes think I'm going mad.
- You say the strangest things sometimes.
- I sometimes see him in the street.
- Sometimes I wonder whether I should just leave.
- He does cook sometimes, but not very often.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Rarely & infrequently
- (every) now and then/again idiom
- blue
- ever and anon
- every
- few
- fit
- in/by fits and starts idiom
- infrequent
- occasion
- occasional
- occasionally
- odd
- odd jobs
- once
- one-off
- one-shot
- rarely
- seldom
- ship
- stop-and-go
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