"somewhile" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˈsʌmʍaɪl/, /ˈsʌmwaɪl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-somewhile.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From Middle English summehwile, summewile, sumwile, equivalent to some + while. Compare Dutch somwijlen (“sometimes”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|summehwile}} Middle English summehwile, {{m|enm|summewile}} summewile, {{m|enm|sumwile}} sumwile, {{compound|en|some|while}} some + while, {{cog|nl|somwijlen||sometimes}} Dutch somwijlen (“sometimes”) Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} somewhile (not comparable)
  1. Sometimes; at one time or another; from time to time; at times Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-somewhile-en-adv-lQ4kz6xI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47
  2. For a while; at one time; for a time Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-somewhile-en-adv-fpddXkCZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: somwhile [obsolete] Derived forms: somewhiles Coordinate_terms: otherwhile

Download JSON data for somewhile meaning in All languages combined (2.3kB)

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        "3": "",
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  "pos": "adv",
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          "_dis": "53 47",
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    },
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        "Southern-England"
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    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncomparable adverbs"
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        "Sometimes; at one time or another; from time to time; at times"
      ],
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          "Sometimes",
          "sometimes"
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          "at times"
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      "ipa": "/ˈsʌmwaɪl/"
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