otherwhiles
- a variation of otherwhile.
Example Sentences
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Of time relative; as, When, then, first, just, before, after, while, whilst, meanwhile, as, till, until, seasonably, betimes, early, late, whenever, afterward, afterwards, otherwhile, otherwhiles.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold
They sit mopinge after thys manner, otherwhiles a whole houre together, ere they can get any thinge to eate.
From One dialogue, or Colloquye of Erasmus (entituled Diuersoria) Translated oute of Latten into Englyshe: And Imprinted, to the ende that the Judgement of the Learned maye be hadde before the Translator procede in the reste. by Erasmus, Desiderius
For I am taken miserably, and Thou pluckest me out mercifully; sometimes not perceiving it, when I had but lightly lighted upon them; otherwhiles with pain, because I had stuck fast in them.
From The Confessions of St. Augustine by Pusey, E. B. (Edward Bouverie)
Then resorted to the said abbot scholars out of all parts, whom he would promote to orders by sixty at a time, and sometimes more, and otherwhiles less.
From Short Studies on Great Subjects by Froude, James Anthony
And yet, Even to us sometimes is given Visions of things we otherwhiles forget.
From The Three Hills And other Poems by Baudelaire, Charles
