Upon hem thre, so as I finde, Of swevenes stant al thapparence, Which otherwhile is evidence And otherwhilebot a jape.
Thus in defalte of other jugge The king mot otherwhile jugge, To holden up the rihte lawe.
The lordes in here beste arrai Be comen ate time set, On jousteth wel, an other bet, And otherwhile thei torneie, And thus thei casten care aweie And token lustes upon honde.
And evere among he gan to loute, And preith that sche to him come oute; And otherwhile he goth a ferr, And otherwhile he draweth nerr, And evere he fond hire in o place.
Bot that thou hast me told and said, Of o thing I am riht wel paid, That thou be sleyhte ne be guile Of no brocour hast otherwhile 4570 Engined love, for such dede Is sore venged, as I rede.
Bot who these olde bokes lieveth, 3310 Of Sompnolence hou it is write, Ther may a man the sothe wite, If that he wolde ensample take, That otherwhile is good to wake: Wherof a tale in Poesie I thenke forto specefie.
And otherwhile I dreme and mete That I al one with hire mete And that Danger is left behinde; And thanne in slep such joie I finde, That I ne bede nevere awake.
Howbeit otherwhile both parties wept according to the proverb, Victoria Cadmaea, Cadmus victorie, where both parties repented.
And therfore we should lesse busie mens eares, and their mindes to harken to lies, then to dreames, because they bee otherwhilereceived for truethes.
And you must knowe, that albeit two, or moe wordes, otherwhile chaunce to tell one selfe thinge, yet the one is more cleanly then the other.
I say vaine: In that we honour men to their face, whome we reverence not in deede, but otherwhile contemne.
Which maner of speache, may be otherwhile allowed in versifiers: but it is utterly forbidden in common talke.
And so otherwhile wee offer them our humble service: whome wee could better unserve then serve, & commaund then doe them any duety.
And, Feare isotherwhile the Sentinell Which rouzeth us from dang’rous Carelesnesse.
Long Iourneys I abhorre; yet, otherwhile I meane a Furlong, and performe a Mile.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "otherwhile" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
