Etymology

somewhiles

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Today it means: sometimes; on occasion Full definition →

Middle English somwhiles
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromsomwhiles
  2. English todaysomewhiles

From Middle English somwhiles, somwhyles, equivalent to somewhile + -s (adverbial suffix).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.