One defined “afterwhile” as an adverb meaning “after a while,” “by and by” and “later on”; the other defined it as a noun meaning “aftertime.”

What does Afterwhile mean?

(Entry 1 of 2) : after a while : by and by : later on.

Is it quite awhile or quite a while?

When to Use Awhile and When to Use A While

If something takes very long to happen, we say it takes quite a while. Something that happened a long time ago might have happened a while ago. If something happens after a period of time, you say it happened after a while.