What does between times mean?
Between times means In an interim period; meanwhile..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
In an interim period; meanwhile..
But the infant […] impartially offered the great green cucumber pickle with which he regaled his "teething appetite," and with which, betweentimes, he combed his mother's head and wiped the dusty outside of the coach.
The wharf now is a marina, the torpedo storage sheds, a dining pavilion. Betweentimes the building served as a governmental warehouse, holding everything from Nuremberg war trial records to dinosaur bones.
[H]e created his second set of headlines. One for coming into the world, another for leaving it. The public reaction, betweentimes, had been interesting.
“Betweentimes Miss Lee sees as much as she possibly can of her 4-year-old daughter Nicki.”
Use between times when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Between times means In an interim period; meanwhile..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
But the infant […] impartially offered the great green cucumber pickle with which he regaled his "teething appetite," and with which, betweentimes, he combed his mother's head and wiped the dusty outside of the coach.
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