afterwards

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Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
17
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˈɑːftə.wədz/
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/ˈɑːftə.wədz/ · /ˈæf.tɚ.wɚdz/

Definition of afterwards

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. (not-comparable)At a later or succeeding time; after that;
    “Another Karadeniz cross led to Cudicini's first save of the night, with the Spurs keeper making up for a weak punch by brilliantly pushing away Christian Noboa's snap-shot. Two more top-class stops followed quickly afterwards, first from Natcho's rasping shot which was heading into the top corner, and then to deny Ryazantsev at his near post.”

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Etymology

From Middle English afterwardes, from Old English æfteweard (“behind”) + -s (“(adverbial genitive)”). By surface analysis, after + -wards.

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