Afterwhile is a US dialectal adverb meaning 'after a while' or 'afterwards,' used predominantly in rural Southern American speech. It collapses 'after a while' into a single word, reflecting the natural elision of casual speech. It conveys a vague future time — something that will happen eventually, without urgency. Heard in older Southern fiction and still present in some rural communities.
She said she'd come by afterwhile to help with the harvest, once she finished her own chores.
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(US, dialect) Afterwards.
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