afterwhile

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

after +‎ while

Adverb[edit]

afterwhile (not comparable)

  1. (US, dialect) Afterwards.
    • 1957, James Agee, A Death in the Family‎[1], New York: McDowell, Obolensky, Part 2, p. 242:
      […] 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 […]
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