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单词 otherwhiles
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otherwhilesadv.

Brit. /ˈʌðəwʌɪlz/, U.S. /ˈəðərˌ(h)waɪlz/, Scottish English /ˈʌθərhwʌilz/, Irish English /ˈʌðər(h)waɪlz/
Forms: see other adj. and while n. and -s suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: other adj., while n., -s suffix1.
Etymology: < other adj. + while n. + -s suffix1. Compare earlier otherwhile adv., and also somewhiles adv., whiles n., conj., and adv.
In later use Scottish, Irish English, and English regional (northern).
1. = otherwhile adv. 1. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adverb] > sometimes or occasionally
whiloma900
whilea1000
stoundmealc1000
stundumOE
otherwhileOE
umquhile1154
with and withc1175
by stoundsa1225
otherwhilesc1225
umbestound?c1225
umbewhilec1230
then and thenc1275
sometime…sometime1297
umstounda1300
by while13..
over while13..
sometime1340
umbe throwea1350
at timesa1382
now and again (also anon, eft, now)a1393
umbwhile1393
eftsoona1398
sometimea1400
by sithesc1400
umbestoundsc1400
from time to (formerly unto) time1423
now and (also or) then1445
ever now and nowa1470
when and whenc1470
occasionallya1475
in timesa1500
whiles?a1500
whilomsa1500
sometimes1526
somewhiles1528
at whiles1540
ever now and then1542
a-whiles1546
somewhiles…, somewhiles1547
at sometimes1548
now and thenc1550
ever and anon1558
by occasions1562
on (also upon) occasion1562
as soon…as soon1581
every now and then (also again)1642
by a time1721
once and a while1765
ever and again1788
periodically1825
in spots1851
c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) 637 (MED) Nis ha [sc. pride] nawt i claðes, ne i feahunge utewið, þah hit beo merke þrof, & makunge oðer hwiles.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 41 Lates þet summe oðer hwiles weilawei vncundeliche makiet.
c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 94 Þeos fondunge kimeð oðerwhile [a1250 Nero oðhules] of godd, of mon oðerhwiles [a1250 Nero oþerhules].
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 341 (MED) Þerfore oþer whiles among [L. per intervalla], he putte awey somwhat of suche manere doynges wiþ faire speche.
tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) viii. 65 The ky may otherwhiles be withdrawe.
a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 203 Other whyles Arthure was aboven and other whyle undir.
a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 66 (MED) Oþerwiles [L. interdum] men striuen for o peny riȝt shamfully.
1539 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes sig. B.i Thys prouerbe byddeth us otherwhiles to dissemble wyth dissemblers, namelye where singilnes woll take no place.
1576 A. Fleming tr. J. Caius Of Eng. Dogges 4 To hunt two diuers beasts, as the Foxe otherwhiles, and other whiles the Hare.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 537 Double diligence and ouermuch curiositie both hurt other~whiles.
1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus Colloquies 156 She did nothing but weep, and otherwhiles also threw her self upon the ground.
1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Otherwhiles, sometimes.
2. = otherwhile adv. 2.In Middle English difficult to distinguish from sense 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > particular time > [adverb] > at another time
otherwhilec1225
elsec1400
elsewhen1418
anotherwhilea1425
otherwhiles?a1425
othertimes1447
othersome time1585
othersome whiles1606
?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 117 (MED) Alle siche turnen hem aftir dyuerse stirynges þat bihappeþ to hem..by vnpacience of wrongis þat þei suffren, eiþir of feendis or of outward dyuerse bateilis, and oþirwhilis by stirynges..of goostly enemyes.
a1475 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (Laud) (1885) 125 The kynge shall often tymes sende..his juges to represse..riatours; ffor wich cause he shall odre whiles ride in his owne person.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. a*iii Somtyme with swete mylke of deuocion, or outher whyles among with..swetnesse of grace.
1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance Pref. sig. avv Sometyme aboundaunt, otherwhiles shorte and compendiouse.
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1413/2 The hole or vaut being sometimes filled with water, and otherwhiles neither bottome, trees, or water maie be perceiued.
1608 T. Pickering in W. Perkins Disc. Witchcraft Ep. Ded. sig.¶2v Sometime by rare sleights and delusions; otherwhiles by hurting, by curing.
1669 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 4 1004 Sometimes the wind shifts thus without being intermitted, and other whiles it will be stark calme.
1683 I. Walton Chalkhill's Thealma & Clearchus 100 Tones, Sometimes of Joy, and otherwhiles of Mones.
1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 221 Other whiles I fancy'd, they were all gone.
a1765 E. Young Poet. Wks. (1859) 324 The whyles thou doest triumph in their decay; And otherwhyles, their dying to delay.
1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor II. xvi. 237 Ye see I was trumpeter at the castle, and had allowance for blawing at break of day, and at dinner-time, and other whiles when there was company about.
1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. 185/1 Sometimes I go out tatiein'; otherwhiles I mak' a by knittin'.
1897 Dublin Rev. Oct. 394 Sometimes the points are definitive, otherwhiles the writer leaves himself liberty for a different arrangement.
1920 C. M. Doughty Mansoul i. 14 Yet otherwhiles, playing on silver wires.
1953 M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal 203 Otherwhiles, at other times.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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