adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb

1. 1
   at some time; indefinitely; some time or other, sometime nonstandard, not-comparable, rare

   "Out of the drift of facts, whereby you learn / What some was, somewhere, somewhen, somewhy?"

Synonyms

All synonyms

at some pointdreklyeventuallyfinallysometimesomewhere along the line

Example

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"Out of the drift of facts, whereby you learn / What some was, somewhere, somewhen, somewhy?"

Etymology

From some + when.

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