whiles /(h)waɪlz/adverb 2conjunction 1 adverb2 •(Scotland, no longer used) sometimes; at timesMan, I've diverted myself whiles with the science of the stars, and can make a shape at calculating a nativity. — 1927 •(Scotland, no longer used) meanwhilethe good knight whiles humming to himself the lay of some majored troubadour — 1819 conjunction1 •(dialect, no longer used) while, whilstPortia: […]Whiles we shut the gate upon one wooer, another knocks at the door. — 1596
