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PRONUNCIATION OF SOMEWHILE

somewhile  [ˈsʌmˌwaɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOMEWHILE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Somewhile is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES SOMEWHILE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of somewhile in the English dictionary

The definition of somewhile in the dictionary is sometimes.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SOMEWHILE


awhile
əˈwaɪl
dwile
dwaɪl
erewhile
ɛəˈwaɪl
erstwhile
ˈɜːstˌwaɪl
meanwhile
ˈmiːnˌwaɪl
otherwhile
ˈʌðəˌwaɪl
outwile
ˌaʊtˈwaɪl
umquhile
ˈʌmhwaɪl
while
waɪl
wile
waɪl
worthwhile
ˌwɜːθˈwaɪl
wyle
waɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOMEWHILE

somesthesia
somesthesis
somesthetic
something
something else
something or other
something to go on
something´s up
sometime
sometimes
someway
somewhat
somewhen
somewhence
somewhere
somewhither
somewhy
somewise

WORDS THAT END LIKE SOMEWHILE

Anglophile
audiophile
basophile
bibliophile
chile
cinephile
electrophile
Francophile
hydrophile
narghile
nucleophile
once in a while
paedophile
pedophile
Santiago de Chile
technophile
the while
thermophile
wait-a-while
zoophile

Synonyms and antonyms of somewhile in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «somewhile» into 25 languages

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Trends of use of somewhile

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SOMEWHILE»

The term «somewhile» is used very little and occupies the 181.305 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SOMEWHILE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about somewhile

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOMEWHILE»

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1
Collected Early Poems of Ezra Pound
... 93/3 That sometime I'll have cause to sing] That somewhile I have cause (place ) to sing 93/5 somewhile I'll] I somewhile 93/8 if e'er I come] if I come 93/16 Pardi, hath the wide world in fee] Beneath this line in the ms. is the alternative version ...
Ezra Pound, Michael John King, 1982
2
Billboard
'Somewhile. Before. the. Da^ra'. Reviewed Sunday, 8-8:30 p.m. Style — Documentary drama. Sustaining on CBM (Montreal > and CBC network. Based on authentic material culled tfrom the records of the "United Nations Information Office in ...
3
The State Papers and Letters of Sir Ralph Sadler, ...
In the declaration hereof, I observed well his countenance, and perceived that he gave me an attentive ear; and somewhile looked very steadily on me, and with grave countenance; somewhile he hit the lip, and bowed his head; and When I ...
‎1809
4
The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature
"I observed well his countenance, and perceived that he gave me an attentive ear ; and 'somewhile looked very -tearlily on me, and with grave countenance; somewhile he hit the lip, and bowed his head.' ' When the embassador proceeded ...
‎1811
5
The whole works of King Alfred the Great: with preliminary ...
... About these earthly creatures of the Lord : Somewhile herself she probes with prying eye : Somewhile again she asks about her God The Ever One, her Maker ; going round Likest a wheel, whirling around herself. When she about her Maker ...
Alfred (King of England), 1852
6
Reminiscences of Spain: The Country, Its People, History, ...
Somewhile, betwixt his grinded teeth With half heard curses muttering : — Somewhile, he loudly calls to heaven For vengeance on the traitor King, Who swore to set Don Sancho free, But basely slew him in his jail. , ' If sceptered kings, ' he ...
Caleb Cushing, 1833
7
Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the ...
Somewhile. n.s. [some and while.] Once ; for a time. Out of use. — Under colour of the shepherds somewhile, There crept in wolves full of fraud and guile. Spenser. SOMLYO, a town of Hungary, 19 miles S. of Zatmar. UO SOMMA, a town of ...
‎1816
8
The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature
... and perceived that he gave rue an attentive ear; and somewhile looked very steadily on me, and with grave countenance ; somewhile he bit the lip, and bowed his head.' ; When the embassador proceeded with very little reserveor deference ...
Tobias George Smollett, 1811
9
The Works of John Owen
How should they come in your apprehension to quarrel about that which as you suppose and contend, was somewhile before determined? For this contest of yours, was somewhile after the promise of the keys to Peter, and the saying of Christ ...
John Owen, 1826
10
Elizabeth I: Translations, 1592-1598
Her stature such as scarce could be discerned, for somewhile she scanted her to the common stature of men, straight18 she seemed with crown of head the heavens to strike; and lifting up the same higher, the heavens themselves she ...
Elizabeth I, Janel Mueller, Joshua Scodel, 2009

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Somewhile [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/somewhile>. Apr 2024 ».
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