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In some senses, whiles is marked as archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.
ADJ.
good, shut
VERB + WHILES
diverted, worth
WHILES + NOUN
himself, science, sister
PREP.
in, with
adv
sometimes; at times
Man, I've diverted myself whiles with the science of the stars, and can make a shape at calculating a nativity.
meanwhile
the good knight whiles humming to himself the lay of some majored troubadour
conj
while, whilst
Portia: […]Whiles we shut the gate upon one wooer, another knocks at the door.
for it so falls out, That what we have we prize not to the worth Whiles we enjoy it; but being lack'd and lost, Why, then we rack the value, then we find The virtue that possession would not show us Whiles it was ours.
Man, I've diverted myself whiles with the science of the stars, and can make a shape at calculating a nativity.
Wiktionarythe good knight whiles humming to himself the lay of some majored troubadour
WiktionaryPortia: […]Whiles we shut the gate upon one wooer, another knocks at the door.
Wiktionaryfor it so falls out, That what we have we prize not to the worth Whiles we enjoy it; but being lack'd and lost, Why, then we rack the value, then we find The virtue that possession would not show us W
WiktionaryHere is the paralysed woman of thirty-five who has for twenty years lain in bed the whiles her sister has worked incessantly to maintain her!
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In some senses, whiles is marked as archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.