Afterwhile
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 Afterwards. US, dialectal, not-comparable
"[…] as soon as the man called the track they hurried fast, so they got two seats and turned them to face each other, and afterwhile the train pulled out […]"
Example
More examples"[…] as soon as the man called the track they hurried fast, so they got two seats and turned them to face each other, and afterwhile the train pulled out […]"
Etymology
From after + while.
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