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a·non

 (ə-nŏn′)
adv.
1. At another time; later.
2. In a short time; soon.
3. Archaic At once; forthwith.
Idiom:
ever/now and anon
Time after time; now and then.
[Middle English, at once, from Old English on ān : on, in; see on + ān, one; see oi-no- in Indo-European roots.]
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anon

(əˈnɒn)
adv
1. in a short time; soon
2. ever and anon now and then
[Old English on āne, literally: in one, that is, immediately]
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a•non

(əˈnɒn)

adv.
1. in a short time; soon.
2. at another time.
3. Archaic. at once; immediately.
Idioms:
ever and anon, now and then; occasionally.
[before 1000; Middle English anon, anoon, Old English on āne in one (course), i.e., straightaway]

anon.

1. anonymous.
2. anonymously.
[1730–40]
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anon

(əˈnon)
short for anonymous, when used instead of the name of the author of a poem etc.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adv.1.anon - at another time; "ever and anon"
2.anon - (old-fashioned or informal) in a little while; "see you anon"
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
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anon

adverb (Archaic or literary) soon, presently, shortly, promptly, before long, forthwith, betimes (archaic), erelong (archaic or poetic), in a couple of shakes (informal) You shall see him anon.
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Translations
anonymní
anonymukendt
ókunnur
anoniminisnežinomas
anonīms
anonimyazarı belli olmayan yapıt

anon

1 [əˈnɒn] ADV
1. → luego, dentro de poco
I'll see you anon → nos veremos luego
2. (archaic) ever and anon → de vez en cuando
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anon

[əˈnɒn] (literary) adv → sous peu
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anon

1
adv (old) → alsbald (dial, old), → bald; ever and anon (old) → dann und wann; see you anon (hum) → bis demnächst

anon

2
adj abbr of anonymous; Anon (at end of text) → Anonymus (liter), → Verfasser unbekannt
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anon

[əˈnɒn] adv (old) (hum) see you anon! → a presto!
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And anon he made Sir Kay to swear upon a book how he came to that sword.
And anon he pulled at the sword with all his might, but it would not be.
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It was plain to see how old and firm the girlish heart was grown under the discipline of heavy sorrow; and when, anon, her large dark eye was raised to follow the gambols of her little Harry, who was sporting, like some tropical butterfly, hither and thither over the floor, she showed a depth of firmness and steady resolve that was never there in her earlier and happier days.
She saw the door open into the other room; saw the supper-table, with its snowy cloth; heard the dreamy murmur of the singing tea-kettle; saw Ruth tripping backward and forward, with plates of cake and saucers of preserves, and ever and anon stopping to put a cake into Harry's hand, or pat his head, or twine his long curls round her snowy fingers.
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Anon withal came there upon him two great giants, well armed, all save the heads, with two horrible clubs in their hands.
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She was born the merriest of maids, but, being a student of her face, learned anon that sulkiness best becomes it, and so she has struggled and prevailed.
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But enough, my Heart, the world waits to hear our story,--the world once so unloving to you, the world with a heart so hard and anon so soft for love.
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who now beholds Cherube and Seraph rowling in the Flood With scatter'd Arms and Ensigns, till anon His swift pursuers from Heav'n Gates discern Th' advantage, and descending tread us down Thus drooping, or with linked Thunderbolts Transfix us to the bottom of this Gulfe.
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As I kept passing and repassing the filling or woof of marline between the long yarns of the warp, using my own hand for the shuttle, and as Queequeg, standing sideways, ever and anon slid his heavy oaken sword between the threads, and idly looking off upon the water, carelessly and unthinkingly drove home every yarn: I say so strange a dreaminess did there then reign all over the ship and all over the sea, only broken by the intermitting dull sound of the sword, that it seemed as if this were the Loom of Time, and I myself were a shuttle mechanically weaving and weaving away at the Fates.
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But supplementary to this, it has hypothetically occurred to me, that as ordinary fish possess what is called a swimming bladder in them, capable, at will, of distension or contraction; and as the Sperm Whale, as far as I know, has no such provision in him; considering, too, the otherwise inexplicable manner in which he now depresses his head altogether beneath the surface, and anon swims with it high elevated out of the water; considering the unobstructed elasticity of its envelop; considering the unique interior of his head; it has hypothetically occurred to me, I say, that those mystical lung-celled honeycombs there may possibly have some hitherto unknown and unsuspected connexion with the outer air, so as to be susceptible to atmospheric distension and contraction.
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Anon, seeming to remember that these antics were unworthy of such a dignified and venerable chair, it suddenly stood still.
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