sometime
adjective
1. belonging to some prior time
Similar word(s): past, erstwhile, former, old, onetime, quondam
Sentences with sometime as an adjective:
- my sometime friend and mentor
- Our sometime sister, now our queen. — Shakespeare.Ion, our sometime darling, whom we prized. — Talfourd.
adverb
1. at some indefinite or unstated time
- let's get together sometime
- everything has to end sometime
- It was to be printed sometime later
Sentences with sometime as an adverb:
- I'll see you at the pub sometime this evening.
- This will certainly happen sometime in the future.