eftsoons

American  

[eft-soonz] / ɛftˈsunz /

adverb

Archaic.

1. soon after.

2. once again; anew.

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eftsoons British  

/ ɛftˈsuːnz /

adverb

1. soon afterwards

2. repeatedly

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Etymology

Origin of eftsoons

First recorded before 1000; eft ² ( def. ) + soon ( def. ) + -s ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

And eftsoons taking of > by eftsoons > thereupon 177 on him knighthood, and mounting on that strange courser, 178 he went forth with her on that adventure: where begins the 179 first book, viz.

From The Faerie Queene — Volume 01 by Spenser, Edmund

Yea, and eftsoons indeed my rights shalt know.

From The House of Atreus by Morshead, E. D. A. (Edmund Doidge Anderson)

And said, 'I say you sickerly,     There shall no perils that may be     Drive me eftsoons into the sea;     Mine adventure here take will I     Whether it be easeful or angry.'

From English Literature for Boys and Girls by Marshall, H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth)

"Alas, good archer, I did you one eftsoons, you and your pretty comrade," said Manon humbly.

From The Cloister and the Hearth by Reade, Charles

And when I had accomplished the task, eftsoons from the field Matali took me of delighted spirits, unto the abode of the lord of the celestials.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan