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单词 anotherwhile
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anotherwhileadv.

Forms: see another pron., adj., and adv. and while adv. and conj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: another adj., while n.
Etymology: < another adj. + while n. Compare onewhile adv., awhile adv., and earlier otherwhile adv.
Obsolete.
At another time. Often paired with onewhile adv. 1.
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the world > time > particular time > [adverb] > at another time
otherwhilec1225
elsec1400
elsewhen1418
anotherwhilea1425
otherwhiles?a1425
othertimes1447
othersome time1585
othersome whiles1606
a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 4356 Fortune..whilom wole on folk smyle And glowmbe on hem another while.
1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 67v One while they keepe in the brode ayre: anotherwhile in the water, and earth as the Crocodile.
1648 E. Symmons Vindic. King Charles (new ed.) vii. 74 The poor innocent Bells..must be..turned into Guns, that they may be another while instruments of destruction.
1705 F. Fuller Medicina Gymnastica sig. dv One while Incrassating Medicines, anotherwhile attenuating ones.
a1799 G. L. Way tr. P. J.-B. Legrand d'Aussy Fabliaux (1800) II. 169 In guise a bishop now, anotherwhile A sleek archdeacon.
1868 J. Chalmers tr. Laozi Speculations 32 When the middling scholar hears Tau, he one while keeps it, another while loses it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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