in the mean time
Definitions
Noun. [C2]
Examples
“In the mean⟳ time I lay⟳ fairly expoſed to the examination of his eyes, and hands, quiet and unreſiſting, […]”
Fanny Hill
“But in the mean⟳ time Robin Hood and his band lived quietly in Sherwood Forest, without showing their faces abroad, for Robin knew that it would not be wise for him to be seen in the neighborhood of Nottingham, those in authority being very wroth with him.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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