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SOMETIME
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Belonging to some prior time
Example:
her quondam lover
Synonyms:
erstwhile; former; old; one-time; onetime; quondam; sometime
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Similar:
past (earlier than the present time; no longer current)
II. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
At some indefinite or unstated time
Example:
It was to be printed sometime later
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Context examples:
The mysterious disappearance of Greenland’s Norse colonies sometime in the 15th century may have been down to the overexploitation of walrus populations for their tusks, according to a study of medieval artefacts from across Europe.
(Over-hunting walruses contributed to the collapse of Norse Greenland, University of Cambridge)
"We'll put on the gloves sometime and see," Martin said with a smile.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
"The graves must be dug sometime," he said.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
Flo, darting to my window—"How sweet! We must go there sometime, won't we Papa?"
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
His enemy, muttering to himself, after wringing his wounded hand for sometime, slowly drew off his neck-kerchief and bound it up; then held it in his other hand, and sat upon his table with his sullen face looking down.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
When Joe reminded him that sometime in the future they were going to put on the gloves together, he could almost have screamed.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Jo talks about the country where we hope to live sometime—the real country, she means, with pigs and chickens and haymaking.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
He had met the woman at last—the woman that he had thought little about, not being given to thinking about women, but whom he had expected, in a remote way, he would sometime meet.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
"I do love him dearly. He is so good to me, how can I help It? But he could never be anything to me but my brother. I hope he truly will be, sometime."
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
I'll tell you all about it sometime, she never will, because after telling me that she despised and was ashamed of me, she lost her heart to the despicable party and married the good-for-nothing.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
