Definition of In the meantime

1. Adverb. During the intervening time. "In the meantime the police were notified"

Exact synonyms: Meantime, Meanwhile

Definition of In the meantime

1. Adverb. meanwhile ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of In The Meantime

in the hot seat
in the know
in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
in the last analysis
in the lead
in the least
in the light of
in the limelight
in the long run
in the long term
in the loop
in the lurch
in the main
in the making
in the mean time
in the meantime (current term)
in the middle
in the midst
in the mind
in the money
in the name of
in the nick of time
in the north
in the nuddy
in the nude
in the offing
in the open
in the past
in the pink

Literary usage of In the meantime

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"... phere filled with the odour of gunpowder; and, in the meantime, he quivered under the effluvium of an immense love, a supreme and universal tenderness, ..."

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"in the meantime Benedict had been brought back to Rome by his powerful kinsmen, and now reclaimed the sacred office. For a brief period, therefore, ..."

3. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"... phere filled with the odour of gunpowder; and, in the meantime, he quivered under the effluvium of an immense love, a supreme and universal tenderness, ..."

4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"in the meantime Benedict had been brought back to Rome by his powerful kinsmen, and now reclaimed the sacred office. For a brief period, therefore, ..."

5. Journal of the American Medical Association by American Medical Association (1890)
"Dr. Cornet in the meantime made his way through the throng calming the impatient, and seeing that every one took his or her proper place. ..."

6. Journal of the American Medical Association by American Medical Association (1890)
"Dr. Cornet in the meantime made his way through the throng calming the impatient, and seeing that every one took his or her proper place. ..."

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