1. while; during the time that
Usage: archaic; dialectal

1. sometimes; at times
Usage: archaic; dialectal

Examples

• Whiles I was walking, I saw a deer cross the path.
• The old man would whiles tell stories of his youth.
• Whiles the sun shone, we worked in the garden.
• She whiles speaks of her homeland with great fondness.
• Whiles you are here, make yourself comfortable.
• The poet whiles used unusual words in his verses.