Whiles
[waɪlz] or [hwaɪlz]
Definition
(n.) Meanwhile; meantime.
(n.) sometimes; at times.
(conj.) During the time that; while.
Edited by Joanne
Examples
- However, he told us between-whiles that he was doing it to such an extent that he wondered his hair didn't turn grey. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He finds time to look in between-whiles, when anybody else with half his work to do would be thinking about not being able to come. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- This the landlady of the Break of Day chirpingly explained, calling between whiles, 'Hola, my husband! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- There ought to have been some guardian, or such-like, whiles you was a minor. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- It died away into profound stillness between whiles. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- We spoke in whispers; listening, between whiles, for any sound in the room above. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He held her clasped in his left arm, and between whiles her low voice was heard tenderly imploring him to go away with her. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- She had been singing some time, rising between whiles to bend over him and speak to him, when Mr. Woodcourt came in. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Edited by Joanne