adv. [f. BETWEEN prep. + WHILE.] In the intervals of time; at intervals.

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1678.  J. Phillips, Tavernier’s Trav., V. xviii. 242. Between whiles they have Sweetmeats, Coffee, and Fruits.

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1838.  Dickens, Nich. Nick., xxx. Regaling the social circle between-whiles.

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1850.  L. Hunt, Autobiog., xv. (1860), 237. Betweenwhiles he would walk in the garden.

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  b.  quasi-adj.

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1859.  G. Meredith, R. Feverel, iii. (1885), 17. A monotonous betweenwhiles kind of talk.

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