In this sentence:
The sometimes patronizing, often demeaning portrayal of women—even supposedly liberated women—remained, though often clandestine or packaged in the language of liberation.
I think the sometimes
is in the position of adjective, but in dictionary I couldn't find sometimes
as adjective. what is the meaning of sometimes
in this sentence as adjective?
or
An adverb can emerge in the noun phrase as same as this sentence?
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