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[ pos -chuh -muh s-lee, -choo - ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈpɒs tʃə məs li, -tʃʊ- / PHONETIC RESPELLING
adverb after a person’s death, typically the death of the author or other artist: The sculpture, designed in 1967 by American artist Tony Smith, was exhibited posthumously.
Origin of posthumously posthumous + -ly
Words nearby posthumously postholith, post horn, post horse, post house, posthumous, posthumously , posthypnotic, posthypnotic suggestion, posthypoglycemic hyperglycemia, postical, postiche
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Example sentences from the Web for posthumously The opposite phenomenon also occurs: neglected writers who ascend to prominence only posthumously .
The Birth of the Novel | Nick Romeo| November 27, 2014| DAILY BEAST
And the fact that Turing was only posthumously pardoned by the Queen late last year is pretty insane.
Benedict Cumberbatch on 'The Imitation Game,' Homophobia, and How to Combat ISIS | Marlow Stern| September 8, 2014| DAILY BEAST
But the former prime minister, who was laid to rest Wednesday, has now posthumously affected sales for her favorite purse brand.
Margaret Thatcher’s Favorite Handbags Selling Like Hot Cakes | Misty White Sidell| April 17, 2013| DAILY BEAST
Of all the last unpublished works of Roberto Bolaño posthumously released, we think this really is the last one.
This Week’s Hot Reads: Nov. 12, 2012 | Jimmy So, Lucy Scholes| November 12, 2012| DAILY BEAST
Because of his heroism as a first responder on that day, The New York Times posthumously named Hamdani an “all-American Jedi.”
Muslims Mourn With Nation | Arsalan Iftikhar| September 11, 2011| DAILY BEAST
Posthumously Marshall's opinion has attained a rank and authority with the legal profession that it never enjoyed in his own time.
John Marshall and the Constitution | Edward S. Corwin
Two years later he died, leaving his widow in poor circumstances; a second child, another son, was posthumously born.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 7 | Various
It was not till 1840 that his Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit, by far his most seminal work, was posthumously published.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 | Various
The Pensées of Blaise Pascal had been published, posthumously , in 1670.
Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 | Jasper Danckaerts
Dease was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross, as also was Pte.
The First Seven Divisions | Ernest W. Hamilton
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