whole-time
Adjective
Meaning
whole-time (not comparable)
(especially firefighting or business) full-time
Alternative names
whole time
Examples
Being a husband is a whole-time job. That is why so many husbands fail. They cannot give their entire attention to it.
Hypocrisy is the most difficult and nerve-racking vice that any man can pursue it needs an unceasing vigilance and a rare detachment of spirit. It cannot, like adultery or gluttony, be practiced at spare moments it is a whole-time job.
And the feeling I got was someone reached out to me and has been looking for me this whole time and wants to get to know me again and wants to be around me and remembers everything.
Amazon offers students Prime membership at a discounted rate, so you can not only nab the best Prime Day deals for your digs, but you can continue using the retailer’s services the whole time you’re away doing your degree too.
Banting eventually started to claim that he deserved all the credit and that Macleod had only hindered him the whole time and had made no contribution other than to leave the keys to the laboratory when he went on vacation.
And the whole time I’m looking around at everyone like, “This is problematic — we’ve got to turn this off.”