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Definition of Afterward
1. Adverb. Happening at a time subsequent to a reference time. "Two hours after that"
Definition of Afterward
1. Adverb. (American English) subsequently to some other action ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Afterward
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Afterward
Literary usage of Afterward
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"... by not afterward voting supplies required by the armament, ... and Cyrus, tho
king's son, who • afterward joined them, and who supplied tho ..."
2. The History of England by David Hume, Tobias George Smollett (1825)
"The duke of Cumberland takes possession of Inverness, and afterward encamps at
... Don Philip is worsted at Codogno, and afterward at Porto Freddo—§ XII. ..."
3. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... and robb'd me of renown Uncaring, in thy godhead quite secure Of reckoning to
be render'd afterward ; Dear should it cost thee now, had I the power. ..."
4. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"In one case (Philemon) a family treasured a private letter and afterward contributed
it to the Church. As the Pauline congregations were drawn into close ..."
5. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1892)
"... HEIKLE il7'X>- 1844), architect, was born at Moorfoot, by Gladsmuir Loch, in
Midlothian, 25 May 1795. A few hours afterward-; the family removed to ..."
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