now --- now coord. adv. Sometimes... sometimes; by turns; at one time... then at another.
■ Often used with adjectives that are very different or opposite, especially to show change.
The weather changed every day; it was now hot, now cool.
The band played different songs, now fast, now slow; now soft, now loud.
Billy ran so quickly he seemed to be all over the field; he was now here and now there. [TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲