"somewhile" meaning in English

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "otherwhile"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "somewhiles"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "summehwile"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English summehwile",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "some",
        "3": "while"
      },
      "expansion": "some + while",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "somwijlen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "sometimes"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch somwijlen (“sometimes”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English summehwile, summewile, sumwile, equivalent to some + while. Compare Dutch somwijlen (“sometimes”).",
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "somewhile (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Sometimes; at one time or another; from time to time; at times"
      ],
      "id": "en-somewhile-en-adv-lQ4kz6xI",
      "links": [
        [
          "Sometimes",
          "sometimes"
        ],
        [
          "at times",
          "at times"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
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        {
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “May. Ægloga Quinta.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "Tho, under colour of shepeheards, somewhile / There crept in wolves, ful of fraude and guile.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "For a while; at one time; for a time"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "while",
          "while"
        ]
      ],
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        "not-comparable"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsʌmʍaɪl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsʌmwaɪl/"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "somwhile"
    }
  ],
  "word": "somewhile"
}

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    "English compound terms",
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    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English uncomparable adverbs",
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      "word": "otherwhile"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "somewhiles"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "enm",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "some",
        "3": "while"
      },
      "expansion": "some + while",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "somwijlen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "sometimes"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch somwijlen (“sometimes”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English summehwile, summewile, sumwile, equivalent to some + while. Compare Dutch somwijlen (“sometimes”).",
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "somewhile (not comparable)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
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      "glosses": [
        "Sometimes; at one time or another; from time to time; at times"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Sometimes",
          "sometimes"
        ],
        [
          "at times",
          "at times"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
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          "text": "Tho, under colour of shepeheards, somewhile / There crept in wolves, ful of fraude and guile.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "For a while; at one time; for a time"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "while",
          "while"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈsʌmʍaɪl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsʌmwaɪl/"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "somwhile"
    }
  ],
  "word": "somewhile"
}