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posteriorly, adv.|pɒˈstɪərɪəlɪ| [f. posterior + -ly2.] 1. In a posterior position: behind; to the rear.
1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. * iv b, The two doe demonstrate all externall partes, as well anteriorlye as posteriorlye. 1758J. S. Le Dran's Observ. Surg. (1771) 141 Below the Armpit, a little posteriorly. 1843Humphreys Brit. Moths 9 These stripes are blue anteriorly, and white posteriorly. 1875Houghton Sketches Brit. Ins. 14 An oesophagus terminating posteriorly in a widened cavity. †2. At a later time, subsequently. Obs.
1799Kirwan Geol. Ess. 163 Rifts posteriorly choaked up. 1849in B. Gregory Side Lights Confl. Meth. 457 That pledge was given..posteriorly. |