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somewhile

Today it means: Sometimes; from time to time; at times Full definition →

Middle English summehwile

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Middle English · inherited fromsummehwile
English todaysomewhile

From Middle English summehwile, summewile, sumwile, equivalent to some + while. Compare Dutch somwijlen (“sometimes”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.