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Middle English
Alternative forms
- towhyles, towhils, towhyls, towhilis, towhylis, towhilys, towhylys, towiles, towyles, to whiles, to whyles, to whils, to whyls, to whilis, to whylis, to whilys, to whylys, to wiles, to wyles, toquils, toquilis, toquilist, toquilest, to quils, to quilis, to quilist, to quilest
Etymology
Likely from to- + whiles.
Conjunction
towhiles
- For as long as; during the time that; while
Adverb
towhiles
- In the meantime; meanwhile.
Synonyms
Descendants
References
- “tọ̄̆whīles, conj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 16 April 2018.
- “tọ̄̆whīles, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 16 April 2018.