whyle
whyle is the obsolete spelling of while.
Meaning of while
Conjunction
while
- During the same time that.
- He was sleeping while I was singing.
- Synonyms:
- whilst
- Although.
- This case, while interesting, is a bit frustrating.
- Synonyms:
- as much as
- Until.
- I'll wait while you've finished painting.
- Synonyms:
- till
- As long as.
- While you're at school you may live at home.
- Synonyms:
- provided that, providing, so long as
Questions about whyle
- What is whyle the obsolete spelling of?
- Whyle is the obsolete spelling of while.
Words near whyle in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: whyle (page history and authors); while (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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