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somewhile
[
suhm
-hwahyl
,
-wahyl
]
some·while
/
ˈsʌmˌʰwaɪl
,
-ˌwaɪl
/
Show Spelled
[
suhm
-hwahyl
,
-wahyl
]
Show IPA
adverb
Archaic
.
1.
at
some
former time.
2.
at one time or another; sometime.
3.
at times; sometimes.
4.
for
some
time.
Origin:
1125–75;
Middle English;
see
some
,
while
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