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Definition of Afterwards
1. Adverb. Happening at a time subsequent to a reference time. "Two hours after that"
Definition of Afterwards
1. adv. At a later or succeeding time.
Definition of Afterwards
1. Adverb. (context: temporal location) At a later or succeeding time. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Afterwards
1. afterward [n] - See also: afterward
Lexicographical Neighbors of Afterwards
Literary usage of Afterwards
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1895)
"At the age of ten he was entered on the books of the Fly, and afterwards on those
of the Racehorse, as an ' able seaman.' He probably first went afloat in ..."
2. Universal Biography: Containing a Copious Account, Critical and Historical ...by John Lemprière by John Lemprière (1810)
"After his return to Constantinople, ic came to Florence, whore hu taught Greek 'or
three years ; and afterwards he became ..."
3. The pilgrim's progress by John Bunyan, James Solas Dodd (1795)
"... and so leave him to think of what he hath heard already, and then stop again
for him afterwards, and see if by degrees we can do any good by him? ..."