AT TIMES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does at times mean? 

• AT TIMES (adverb)
  The adverb AT TIMES has 1 sense:

1. sporadically and infrequently

  Familiarity information: AT TIMES used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AT TIMES (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sporadically and infrequently

Synonyms:

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

Context example:

as we drove along, the beautiful scenery now and then attracted his attention

 Context examples 

He looked so earnest over it that I shall never again think that a man must be playful always, and never earnest, because he is merry at times.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

They quarrelled and bickered more than ever among themselves, till at times the camp was a howling bedlam.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

He had tried, at times, but had only puzzled his listeners.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Every little while she emitted a low growl, and at times, when it seemed to her he approached too near, the growl shot up in her throat to a sharp snarl.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Saturn is known to bring tests, so at times you may have felt that your personal life had become quite a learning experience.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Another fact, which had struck Major Murphy and three out of five of the other officers with whom I conversed, was the singular sort of depression which came upon him at times.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They had not the strength to resist the wind, and at times its buffets hurled them off their feet.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

I had actually, at times, considered myself outside the pale, a monkish fellow denied the eternal or the passing passions I saw and understood so well in others.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

She studied every sentence; and her feelings towards its writer were at times widely different.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

There was always a something,—if you remember,—in Willoughby's eyes at times, which I did not like.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)