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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

afterwhile en · ADV

Etymology

From after + while.

Meanings

  1. (US, dialectal, not-comparable) Afterwards.
    • […] 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 […] 1957, James Agee, A Death in the Family, New York: McDowell, Obolensky, Part 2, p. 242: