afterward

Or af·ter·wards

[af-ter-werd, ahf-]

adverb

1. at a later or subsequent time; subsequently.

Word History and Origins

Origin of afterward¹

First recorded before 1000; Middle English; Old English æfterweard, alteration (with -r- of æfter after ) of æfteweard, equivalent to æfte-, æftan aft ¹ + -weard -ward

Example Sentences

He didn’t wear a shoe on his left foot during the second half and afterward told reporters he was “hurting like crazy.”

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Local hunters were called in and brought hounds, which began trailing the bear, and chased it up a tree shortly afterward.

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“I will allow nothing to stand in the way of our mandate to maintain clean voter rolls,” Dhillon wrote on X. The decision was reversed shortly afterward by the state Supreme Court.

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Today, his home-run gait around the bases would be wobbly, and his right fist pumps would be shaky, and afterward he might need help in the locker room buttoning his shirt.

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Williams was sort of punk to begin with, but fully metal afterward.

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