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meanwhiles

meanwhiles is the plural of meanwhile.

Meaning of meanwhile

Noun

meanwhile (plural meanwhiles)

  1. 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)

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Questions about meanwhiles

What is meanwhiles the plural of?
Meanwhiles is the plural of meanwhile.

Words near meanwhiles in the dictionary

  1. meanwhile sites
  2. meanwhile space
  3. meanwhile spaces
  4. meanwhile use
  5. meanwhile uses
  6. meanwhiles
  7. meanwhilst
  8. meany
  9. Meanys
  10. meaow
  11. meaowed

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