somewhile

[ suhm-hwahyl, -wahyl ]

adverb

, Archaic.

1. at some former time.
2. at one time or another; sometime.
3. at times; sometimes.
4. for some time.

Word History and Origins

Origin of somewhile¹

Middle English word dating back to 1125–75; some, while

Example Sentences

Somewhile later came King Svein to the encounter with the Danish host, and to him was a tale of three hundred ships.

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After that they steered east to Osel, and lay there somewhile under a ness.

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She had somewhile suffered with a weak Heart, and this sudden and extreme cold paralysed what vitality it had.

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Somewhile before dawn the rain ceased, the sky brightened, and here and there a star showed.

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Somewhile after I was called to Prestongrange, where he was sitting in his bedgown and nightcap, with his letters round him.

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