erewhile
/ɛːˈwʌɪl
/adverb archaic
A while before; some time ago: my eyes, erewhile fixed on the arch, were now attracted to the semicircle of chairs...
- I saw the Marquis, who had time erewhile to swill at Forli with less drought.
- Did you find what I sang erewhile so hard to follow?
Origin
Middle English: from ere + while.
- hand someone something on a plate
- hand someone/thing over
- hand something down
- hand something in
- hand something on
- hand something out
- hand something round (or around)
- handsomish
- hands-on
- handspaik
- handspake
- handspan
- hand specimen
- hand spectroscope
- handspike
- handspike ring
- handspoke
- handspring
- handstaff
- handstamp
- handstand
- handstone
- handstroke
- hand's turn
- hands up!