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the while

adv

Etymology

From Middle English þe while, from Old English þā hwīle, equivalent to the + while (noun).

  1. inherited from þā hwīle
  2. inherited from þe while

Definitions

  1. At the same time

    At the same time; during that period; meanwhile.

    • Finally, she reluctantly piled in with me, complaining the while.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for the while. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA