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otherwhiles

otherwhiles adverb: at another time, or other times.

Adverb

otherwhiles (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) At another time, or other times.
  2. (archaic) sometimes; occasionally.
    • At pleasure here we lie near Orleans;
      Otherwhiles the famish'd English, like pale ghosts,
      Faintly besiege us one hour in a month.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Forms of otherwhiles

alternative formotherwhile

Questions about otherwhiles

What does otherwhiles mean?
Otherwhiles means at another time, or other times.
What part of speech is otherwhiles?
Otherwhiles is an adverb.

Words near otherwhiles in the dictionary

  1. otherwhere
  2. otherwhereas
  3. otherwhereness
  4. otherwheres
  5. otherwhile
  6. otherwhiles
  7. otherwhither
  8. otherwise
  9. otherwise engaged
  10. otherwised
  11. otherwiseness

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