erelong

adverb

ere·​long er-ˈlȯŋ 

archaic, literary

: in the near future : before long, soon

Behold how the evening now steals over the fields, the shadows of the trees creeping farther and farther into the meadow, and erelong the stars will come to bathe in these retired waters.

—Henry David Thoreau

Word History

First Known Use

1577, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

erelong

adverb

ere·​long e(ə)r-ˈlȯŋ 

a(ə)r-

: before long : soon