[suhm-tahym] 
| 1. | at some indefinite or indeterminate point of time: He will arrive sometime next week. |
| 2. | at an indefinite future time: Come to see me sometime. |
| 3. | Archaic. sometimes; on some occasions. |
| 4. | Archaic. at one time; formerly. |
| 5. | having been formerly; former: The diplomat was a sometime professor of history at Oxford. |
| 6. | being so only at times or to some extent: Traveling so much, he could never be more than a sometime husband. |
| 7. | that cannot be depended upon regarding affections or loyalties: He was well rid of his sometime girlfriend. |
| some·time (sŭm'tīm') adv.
Usage Note: Sometime as an adjective has been employed to mean "former" since the 15th century. Since the 1930s, people have used it to mean "occasional": the team's sometime star and sometime problem child. This latter use, however, is unacceptable to a majority of the Usage Panel. See Usage Note at someday. |
