betweenwhiles

American  

[bih-tween-hwahylz, -wahylz] / bɪˈtwinˌʰwaɪlz, -ˌwaɪlz /

adverb

1. betweentimes.

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Etymology

Origin of betweenwhiles

First recorded in 1760–70; between + whiles

Example Sentences

The play begins and ends on the observation tower of the Empire State Building; and though, betweenwhiles, it shifts to the hero's bachelor apartment, it never really comes down to earth at all.

From Time Magazine Archive

He felt the wild beast in him betweenwhiles So masterfully rude, that he would grieve To see the helpless delicate thing receive His guardianship through certain dark defiles.

From Poems — Volume 1 by Meredith, George

“Do thou harness whichever I fling thee, and betweenwhiles protect the team.”

From The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondyke by London, Jack

Richard was but a young Man, wild & headlong, and I a fair Woman thrown in his Way in an empty betweenwhiles ere his own true love came.

From A Woman Named Smith by Oemler, Marie Conway

She would regularly change the ice, or the cooling spirit, on his head, and would keep her ear at the pillow betweenwhiles, listening for any faint words that fell from him in his wanderings.

From Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles