Nowhile
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Nowhile is an adverb meaning no time; not for any length of time.
Meaning
no time; not for any length of time.
Example Sentences
When he was in serious trouble with his Norman barons and prelates, he promised to grant to men "their woods and liberties of the chase ; but it stood nowhile"
FORMLESS, imageless, nowhere, nowhile, non-existent — a Void : and over against this, all that is, that ever was, and ever shall be — a Universe. Everything from nothing.
THE morning meal hurriedly partaken, Alloway and Carleton mounted their fleet steeds, and in nowhile gained the summit of the high hill within a mile of the port of entry, from which was a full view of the broad Potomac.
Word Forms
- no while
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include nowhen, never, ne'er, nohows, nohow, nev'r.
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