whiles
Americanadverb
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Chiefly Scot. at times.
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Obsolete. in the meantime.
conjunction
adverb
conjunction
Etymology
Origin of whiles
Example Sentences
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She lives alone, and whiles away the time watching cute animal videos on her phone as she lies on the floor.
From BBC
"Fatah is the same, Fatah cares about Fatah people," said Kuhail, who whiles away his time in cheap cafes with other unemployed friends.
From Reuters
“There ought to have been some guardian, or such-like, whiles you was a minor. Some lawyer, maybe. As to the first letter of that lawyer’s name now. Would it be J?”
From Literature
In some cities, those conversations led to increased police funding whiles others led to significantly reduced funding amid calls to rethink policing.
From Fox News
Eventually she made the jump to WeChat, where she still whiles away her online days chatting with about 350 friends and relatives, many of them in China.
From New York Times
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