Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

at times

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.53 in modern English

Syllables: at -times
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

On occasion, sometimes.

Example Sentences

"I feel lonely at times, but then somebody phones, or calls round, and I cheer up again."
"She is popular with passengers as an all-weather vessel, but rather the reverse with yachtsmen as she has at times proved somewhat unwieldy, and certainly takes up a good deal of space in the narrow channels."
"If at times Van Gaal’s players let themselves down with careless concessions of possession, Carver knew his side had been reprieved when, back to goal, Wayne Rooney controlled the ball on his chest, swivelled and dinked a shot wide."
"This means, at times, long and perhaps overly discursive discussions of other taxa."

Synonyms

at turns in times occasionally on occasion once in a while now and then now and again from time to time

Questions

What does at times mean?: On occasion, sometimes.

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