Synonyms for meantime


Grammar : Adv
Spell : meen-tahym
Phonetic Transcription : ˈminˌtaɪm

Top 10 synonyms for meantime Other synonyms for the word meantime

Définition of meantime

Origin :
  • also mean time, mid-14c., from mean (adj.2) "middle, intermediate" + time (n.). Late 14c. as an adverb.
  • adv in the intervening time
Example sentences :
  • Meantime the stronghold of Mauburn's optimism was being desperately stormed.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Meantime a white film of fog spread down the bay from the northward.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • In the meantime, I will go to Chatterton, and take all necessary precautions.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • In the meantime, three days had put the gelding in very fair condition.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Meantime, as their faces are now turned from me, I may look elsewhere.
  • Extract from : « Sights from a Steeple (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • In the meantime the morning was brightening rapidly, and Dozier led out his men.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • In the meantime someone had picked up the trail to the cliff, and Dozier followed it.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • In the meantime we are only working toward that end, but toward it we are working.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • Meantime, Sir William steers his course towards the town dock.
  • Extract from : « Biographical Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • In the meantime, if it be any pleasure to you to know it, I trust you heartily.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
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