in the mean time

See also: in the meantime

English

Prepositional phrase

in the mean time

Alternative form of in the meantime
- 1749, John Cleland, “part 2”, in Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, London: G. Fenton, OCLC 13050889:
  In the mean time, I lay fairly exposed to the examination of his eyes and hands, quiet and unresisting

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