Definition of Posthumously

1. Adverb. After death. "He was honored posthumously"

Partainyms: Posthumous

Definition of Posthumously

1. adv. In a posthumous manner; after one's decease.

Definition of Posthumously

1. Adverb. after death ¹

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Definition of Posthumously

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Posthumously

posthole digger
postholes
postholiday
postholocaust
posthorn
posthorns
posthospital
posthouse
posthouses
posthuman
posthumans
posthumous
posthumous birth
posthumous execution
posthumous executions
posthumously (current term)
posthumousness
posthurricane
posthypnotic
posthypnotic amnesia
posthypnotic suggestion
posthypnotic suggestions
postic
postical
postiche
postiches
posticous
postictal
postideological
postie

Literary usage of Posthumously

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"acted 1604; published posthumously 1622); «Measure for Measure' (written 1604 (? ... acted 1613; published posthumously 1623). His poems are: «Venus and ..."

2. A Chinese Biographical Dictionary by Herbert Allen Giles (1898)
"UK] in the following year Burmah acknowledged the suzerainty of China, posthumously ennobled as Prince, and canonised as J}({ ftp}. ..."

3. The Scottish Nation: Or, The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and by William Anderson (1877)
"... Inflammation, and Gun-shot Wounds,' which was published posthumously in 1794, with an account of his Life by his brother-in-law, Sir Everard Home, ..."

4. Annotations Upon Popular Hymns by Charles Seymour Robinson (1893)
"So we have a composite contribution to the hymn-books; Bishop Heber's verse was issued posthumously in 1827; William Mercer added the second and fourth in ..."

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