anon
Soon; in a little whileSoon; in a little while.
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3 senses(not comparable)Soon; in a little while.
bald
ско́роskóro, вско́реvskóre
(old-fashioned or informal) in a little while
(not comparable)At another time; then; again.
at another time
(archaic, not comparable)Straight away; at once.
sofort
то́тчасtótčas
Examples
3 sentencesAre you the anon who's been ranting at me?
But anon their bemused wits awoke to the nature of the deed which was like to be done upon the moorlands.
But anon new foes / come swarming up, while ever and again / fast fall the showers of stones, and thick the javelins rain.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English anoon, anon, anan (literally “in one (moment)”), from on (“in”) + ān (From Middle English anoon, anon, anan (literally “in one (moment)”), from on (“in”) + ān (“one”). See on and one.
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See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.