Afterwhile

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 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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