the while

adv

adv

Etymology From Middle English þe while, from Old English þā hwīle, equivalent to the + while (noun).

At the same time; during that period; meanwhile.

Finally, she reluctantly piled in with me, complaining the while.2012, Tracy Saunders, The Indalo Quest, page 71:

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