adverb Archaic.
- soon after.
- once again; anew.
adverb archaic
- soon afterwards
- repeatedly
obsolete or archaic way of saying “soon afterward,” from Old English eftsona “a second time, repeatedly, soon after, again,” from eft “afterward, again, a second time” (from Proto-Germanic *aftiz, from PIE root *apo- “off, away;” see apo-) + sona “immediately” (see soon). Not in living use since 17c.