| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
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| meantime, meanwhile (advs., nn.) |
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| Meantime and meanwhile are essentially interchangeable both as nouns, as in In the meanwhile [meantime] we rested and read, and as adverbs, as in Meantime [meanwhile] the others played softball. | 1 |
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| | | The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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