/sum"tuym'/ , adv.
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.
adj.
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.
[ 1250-1300; ME; see SOME, TIME ]
Usage . The adverb SOMETIME is written as one word: He promised to paint the garage sometime soon. The two-word form SOME TIME means "an unspecified interval or period of time": It will take some time for the wounds to heal.