Meanings
adverbsomewhiles (not comparable)
- not comparableobsoletesometimes; on occasion
Origin
- Middle Englishsomwhiles
- Englishsomewhiles
From Middle English somwhiles, somwhyles, equivalent to somewhile + -s (adverbial suffix).
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somewhiles. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somewhiles
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“somewhiles.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somewhiles. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “somewhiles,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somewhiles.
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