posthumouslyadv.
/ˈpɒstʃᵿməsli/, /ˈpɒstjᵿməsli/, U.S. /ˈpɑstʃəməsli/, /pɑˈst(j)uməsli/ In a posthumous manner, condition, or state; after death; after the death of the father or author.
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the world > life > death > [adverb] > after death
post-mortem1742
posthumously1783
1783 Atterbury's Corr. I. 23 (note) The ‘Register’ [of bishop Kennet] was posthumously published, from his MS. Collections, in 1728.
a1824 Ld. Byron Wks. (1898–1904) I. 440 Damned all their days, they posthumously thrive, Dug up from dust, though buried when alive!
1845 Jrnl. Geogr. Soc. 15 211 The Monomoezi were unknown to Livio Sanuto,..whose ‘Geografia’ was published in 1588 posthumously.
1867 J. B. Davis Thes. Craniorum 15 The two latter [ancient Scottish skulls] are posthumously distorted.
1884 Christian Commonw. 12 June 833/2 He seems to be even more mischievous posthumously than while corporeally present.
1935 Mind 44 105 There is a record of posthumously published remains and an interesting section on spuria.
1985 A. Cohen Admirable Woman (1987) 55 Perhaps posthumously my notes and essays will be gathered by some loving friend and offered as a portion of my legacy.
2001 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 20 Dec. 43/2 In 1990 he was posthumously awarded the Kossuth Prize, Hungary's highest honor.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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