immediately after this; at this point in a story or situation.
Old English 'here' (here) + 'upon' (on). Formed in Middle English as a compound adverb, it became common in formal and narrative writing to mark a turning point or consequence.
This word is basically the literary equivalent of a drum roll—it signals 'and then something important happened!' You'll find it constantly in fairy tales and old novels like a punctuation mark that makes readers lean forward in anticipation.
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