mean·while
ˈmēnˌ(h)wīl/
adverb
- in the intervening period of
time.
synonyms:
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for
now, for the moment, for the present, for the time being
"meanwhile,
I'll stay here"
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Meanwhile, sitting
in my wheel chair outside of Kin's Market, eating a Korean "Mandarin"
orange
smelling of Christmases past
an
old lady in an elegant snow-white coat strolled by (on the arm of her Philippina
home support worker)
singing Jingle Bells, Jingle ...
I
wished her a Merry Christmas
"and
to you too", she said, "you are such a nice young lady"
as
she took my hand in hers