afterwhile

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adverb

Afterwards.

Scrabble 19
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Meanings

adverbafterwhile (not comparable)
  1. USdialectalnot comparableAfterwards.

    […] 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

Origin

From after + while.

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Cite this entry
APA

afterwhile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afterwhile

MLA

“afterwhile.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afterwhile. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “afterwhile,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afterwhile.

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