Antonyms for afterwards


Grammar : Adv
Spell : af-ter-werd, ahf-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæf tər wərd, ˈɑf-


Definition of afterwards

Origin :
  • c.1300, from afterward (q.v.) + adverbial genitive -s; originally a Northern form.
  • adv following
Example sentences :
  • Hope said afterwards that she never swam with such delight as on that day.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • As it will be so privately performed, clothes and equipage may be provided for afterwards.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • "I had to coin a name for the place of meeting," he said to Mrs. Roberts afterwards.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • They found her afterwards by her own hearthstone, thrust through by a Frenchman's bill.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • It was hard to meet Ethel—and Milly and Mrs. Baker afterwards.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • Was it simply to meet—to talk—and afterwards to tell a falsehood to one's parents?
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • Afterwards, when Cyrus tiptoed down-stairs, he found the Captain at the cabin door.
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
  • And afterwards, here in the cave, I was like one asleep, and when I woke I did not really wake.
  • Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
  • Some months afterwards the affair was brought to a public trial.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Afterwards he obtained a post in the laboratory of a manufactory of dyes.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

Synonyms for afterwards

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