worth while
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.08 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Dated spelling of worthwhile.
Example Sentences
- "About 6 ft. from the ground is fastened "the joug," an iron collar in the wall, used to confine prisoners before it was thought worth while to build prisons or cages for them."
- "Some day it may seem worth while to take up the story of the younger ones again and see what sort of men and women they turned out to be; […]"
- "Strictly applicable only to actions: "Is it worth while to telegraph?" ... The use of worth while before a noun ("a worth while story") is indefensible."
- "When Mr. Charles Hopkins was General Manager of the SR he expressed to us the view that it would be worth while in the cause of regular and reliable operation to reduce the number of trains passing through such bottlenecks as Borough Market Junction on the South Eastern Division."
- "Adrian thought it worth while trying out his new slang."
Inflected Forms
more worth while (comparative)
most worth while (superlative)