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meanwhile
/ˈmiːnwaɪl//ˈmiːnʍaɪl/
noun
What it means
- The time between two events.
In the meanwhile, the surveyors carried the line three miles, which was no contemptible day's work, considering how cruelly they were entangled with briers and gallbushes.
Quoted in 2002, Stephen C. Ausband, Byrd's Line: A Natural History (page 37)Synonyms: between-time, meantime
In a sentence
In the meanwhile, the surveyors carried the line three miles, which was no contemptible day's work, considering how cruelly they were entangled with briers and gallbushes.
Quoted in 2002, Stephen C. Ausband, Byrd's Line: A Natural History (page 37)
Where it comes from
- Middle Englishmenewhile
- Englishmeanwhile
From Middle English menewhile, equivalent to mean (“intermediate”) + while. Adverb is by ellipsis from in the mean while, noun being conventionally written as one word after the adjective.
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