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[ meen-hwahyl, -wahyl ] / ˈminˌʰwaɪl, -ˌwaɪl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR meanwhile ON THESAURUS.COM
adverbin the intervening time; during the interval. at the same time: Meanwhile, the others were back home enjoying themselves. Origin of meanwhileMiddle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at mean3, while Words nearby meanwhilemean to, meantone system, mean-tone tuning, mean value, mean value theorem, meanwhile, Meany, Mearns, meas., measle, measled Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for meanwhileMeanwhile, almost exactly 30 years after the trial, the judge left his home to board a steamboat and was never heard from again. New York’s Most Tragic Ghost Loves Minimalist Swedish Fashion|Nina Strochlic|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST Meanwhile two kids were taken from their mother when she flew back to the UK from Turkey. Britain May Spy on Preschoolers Searching for Potential Jihadis|Nico Hines|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST The woman in question, meanwhile, has business of her own to take care of—she is reported to be shopping a memoir. From Playboy Prince to Dirty Old Man?|Tom Sykes|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST Meanwhile, the Anti-Defamation League issued a statement deploring the state GOP for its failure to censure Duke. The Louisiana Racists Who Courted Steve Scalise|Jason Berry|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Meanwhile, Edgar had returned to Cuba after that 2001 tour and continued to make music. Cuban Hip-Hop Was Born in Alamar|Daniel Levin|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST In the meanwhile, can he ever pass Bedlam, without a tender feeling for the future destiny of his footmen and coachman? Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853)|Various Meanwhile, low and imperfect sounds, that had in them more of inanimate than human, assailed her ear. Ormond, Volume III (of 3)|Charles Brockden Brown Meanwhile enough machinery and other equipment was being prepared and shipped from Canada to afford employment to 10,000 men. The Story of the Great War, Volume VIII (of VIII)|various Meanwhile the English were making ready to do just what Lecorbeau said they might do. The Raid From Beausejour; And How The Carter Boys Lifted The Mortgage|Charles G. D. Roberts Meanwhile Mr. Krone, with an imprecation, declares he has power to elect his candidate to the Senate. An Outcast|F. Colburn Adams
British Dictionary definitions for meanwhile
adverbduring the intervening time or period at the same time, esp in another place nounanother word for meantime Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to meanwhilemeantime, till, simultaneously, until, when, ad interim, concurrently, for the moment, for the time being, in the interim, up to |