different between eversince vs sometimes

English

Alternative forms

• sts.

Etymology

From Middle English sumtymes, somtymes, som tymes, equivalent to sometime +? -s (adverbial suffix). Compare West Frisian somstiden (“sometimes”), Dutch somtijds, somwijlen (“sometimes”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: s?m?t?mz, IPA^(key): /?s?mta?mz/
• Hyphenation: some?times

Adverb

sometimes (not comparable)

1. On certain occasions, or in certain circumstances, but not always. [from 16th c.]
2. (obsolete) On a certain occasion in the past; once. [16th-17th c.]

Synonyms

• (on certain occasions): at one time or another, at times, every so often, from time to time, occasionally, once in a while; see also Thesaurus:occasionally
• (on a certain occasion in the past): at one time, in the past, yestertide; see also Thesaurus:formerly

Translations

See also

• sometime

Adjective

sometimes (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Former; sometime.
   • c. 1595, William Shakespeare, Richard II, [Act I, scene ii], lines 54–55:

     Farewell old Gaunt, thy ?ometimes brothers wife / With her companion Greefe, mu?t end her life.