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between times

between times is the alternative form of betweentimes.

between times is the plural of between time.

Meaning of betweentimes

Adverb

betweentimes (not comparable)

  1. In an interim period; meanwhile.
    • But the infant […] impartially offered the great green cucumber pickle with which he regaled his "teething appetite," and with which, betweentimes, he combed his mother's head and wiped the dusty outside of the coach.1905, Ruth McEnery Stuart, "The Romance of Chinkapin Castle" in The Second Wooing of Salina Sue & Other Stories (1969 Garrett Press reprint), p. 192 (Google preview)

Questions about between times

What is between times the alternative form of?
Between times is the alternative form of betweentimes.

Words near between times in the dictionary

  1. between the pegs
  2. between the pipes
  3. between the sheets
  4. between the sticks
  5. between time
  6. between times
  7. between two stools
  8. between wind and water
  9. between you and I
  10. between you and me
  11. between you and me and the bedpost

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Adapted from Wiktionary: between times (page history and authors); betweentimes (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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