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IN THE MEANTIME
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
During the intervening time
Example:
in the meantime the police were notified
Synonyms:
in the meantime; meantime; meanwhile
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Context examples:
In the meantime, he accepted all the punishment the other could deal him.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
In the meantime I wish you both good-morning.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
In the meantime the last of the carriages had come up, and the horses had all been picketed upon the moor.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Mrs. Jennings, in the meantime, talked on as loud as she could, and continued her account of their surprise, the evening before, on seeing their friends, without ceasing till every thing was told.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
In the meantime, you will understand that no public use is to be made of any of the material that I have given you.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I'll wait, and in the meantime, you could be learning to like me.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
In the meantime the astonished team-dogs had burst out of their nests only to be set upon by the fierce invaders.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
In the meantime, said Traddles, coming back to his chair; and this is the end of my prosing about myself, I get on as well as I can.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
In the meantime, clinical findings indicated that the virus was in the central nervous system, in the cerebrospinal fluid—the liquid around the brain.
(Zika virus found to harm adults’ memory and motor system, Agência Brasil/EBC)
In the meantime, the matter is being actively investigated, Mr. Lestrade, one of the very smartest of our detective officers, being in charge of the case.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
