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

For a sentence which she had spoken somewhile since, drummed in my ears to the exclusion of her present speech, and the import of it shone in my mind like a clear light.

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Peter's patience allowed the hellish fiends to bear him somewhile up through the air, that in his fall he might descend the more violently; and that he, who menacingly a little before would fly with devilish wings, might suddenly lose his footing.

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I will that if I say a heavy thing Your tongues forgive me; seeing ye know that spring Has flecks and fits of pain to keep her sweet, And walks somewhile with winter-bitten feet.

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Somewhile past midnight he got up and built a small fire beyond the canoe as another measure of safety, locking the stable carefully after the horse had been stolen.

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Now somewhile toward the approach of eventide, Sir Gareth and Lynette and Axatalese came away from that part of the country and to where the forest began again.

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