At times: = while, adv. 1, whiles, n. conj.adv. 6b. Obsolete.

At a time or times, sometimes; esp. introducing each of two or more parallel phrases or clauses: At one time…at another time; now…then: = whilom, adv.…

At intervals, from time to time.

At times.

At one time or other; at times; sometimes; now and then; occasionally. †otherwhile ——, otherwhile ——: at one time (one thing), at another time…

At times; sometimes. Obsolete.

with and with: (a) immediately, forthwith (= by and by, adv. 3); (obsolete) (b) from time to time, again and again, every now and then (obsolete).

In adverbial phrases with prepositions, e.g. for, in, on a (little) stound, in many stounds, in that stound. by stounds: at intervals, from time to…

= otherwhile, adv. 1. Obsolete.

At times; sometimes.

At times; sometimes.

now and then, †then and then (obsolete), at one time and at another, at various times, at intervals, occasionally (cf. here and there at here, adv.…

sometime…sometime, used to introduce antithetical words, clauses, etc. Also with sometimes in the first or second place. Obsolete.

Sometimes.

by while: on occasion, from time to time. over while: at times. Cf. umquhile, adv. adj.

by while: on occasion, from time to time. over while: at times. Cf. umquhile, adv. adj.

At one time or another, with the possibility of recurrence or repetition; now and then; occasionally; = sometimes, adv. 1.

= umbewhile, adv. 2.

at times (formerly also †at time): at one time and another, at various times; occasionally, on occasion. Also †at times and again.

now and again (also anon,†eft,†now): at one time and another, from time to time.

= umbewhile, adv. 2.

From time to time, occasionally, repeatedly.

With different correlatives.

by sithes: at times, from time to time.

At intervals; now and again, occasionally.

now and (also †or) then: occasionally, intermittently, at intervals.

ever now and then (also †ever now and now, †ever now and then among): = now and (also †or) then at now, adv. conj.n.1 adj.phrases 4b.

adv. At some time (only Old English with nú, seld(um); when and when, at one time and another, now and then. Obsolete. rare.

Now and then, at times, sometimes; irregularly and infrequently.

in times: on various occasions; = at times at phrases 3d(a). Obsolete.

adv. Sometimes: = while, adv. 1. Chiefly Scottish.

(quhillumys, quhyllum(m)is, quhylomis; cf. West Frisian wilens), at times, sometimes.

On some occasions; at times; now and then. Cf. sometime, adv. 1a.

On some occasion(s); sometimes.

Phrases with plural: at whiles, at times, sometimes, at intervals. between (betwixtobsolete or archaic) whiles: see between-whiles, adv.

ever now and then (also †ever now and now, †ever now and then among): = now and (also †or) then at now, adv. conj.n.1 adj.phrases 4b.

At times.

With correlatives, esp. somewhiles…, somewhiles, = sometimes, adv. 1b.

at sometimes, = sense 1. Obsolete.

now and then, †then and then (obsolete), at one time and at another, at various times, at intervals, occasionally (cf. here and there at here, adv.…

ever and anon: every now and then; from time to time, occasionally; (also) continually at intervals. Now archaic.

†by occasion: by chance, casually, incidentally (obsolete). †by occasions: = on (also upon) occasion (obsolete). on (also upon) occasion: as need or…

†by occasion: by chance, casually, incidentally (obsolete). †by occasions: = on (also upon) occasion (obsolete). on (also upon) occasion: as need or…

as soon…as soon, at one time…, at another; now…, again. Obsolete.

every now and then (also again): from time to time, at intervals.

Scottish. by a time: at times, occasionally. Obsolete.

once in a while (occasionally once and a while): from time to time; very occasionally (see also every, adj. pron.phrases 3c). once in a way: see way…

ever and again: every now and then; (also) constantly, repeatedly.

From time to time, occasionally.

U.S. colloquial. in spots: in some ways, to some extent. Also: intermittently, in snatches; occasionally.