Afterwards

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Afterwards \Aft"er*wards\, Afterward \Aft"er*ward\, adv. [AS.
     [ae]fteweard, a., behind. See {Aft}, and {-ward} (suffix).
     The final s in afterwards is adverbial, orig. a genitive
     ending.]
     At a later or succeeding time.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  afterwards
       adv : happening at a time subsequent to a reference time; "he
             apologized subsequently"; "he's going to the store but
             he'll be back here later"; "it didn't happen until
             afterward"; "two hours after that" [syn: {subsequently},
              {later}, {afterward}, {after}, {later on}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  32 Moby Thesaurus words for "afterwards":
     after, after a time, after a while, after all, after that,
     afterward, anon, before long, by and by, by destiny, ex post facto,
     fatally, hopefully, imminently, in aftertime, in the aftermath,
     in the future, in the sequel, later, next, predictably, probably,
     proximo, since, soon, subsequently, then, thereafter, thereon,
     thereupon, therewith, tomorrow