meantime
adverb
[ ˈmiːntʌɪm ]
• meanwhile.
• "in the meantime I'll make some enquiries of my own"
Similar:
for now,
for the moment,
for the present,
for the time being,
in the meantime,
in the intervening period,
in the interim,
in the interval,
meanwhile,
in the meanwhile,
the while,
temporarily,
pro tem,
ad interim,
en attendant,
Origin:
Middle English (as a noun): from mean3 + time.
