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Webster 1913 Edition


Subsequently

Sub′se-quent-ly

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adv.
At a later time; afterwards.

Webster 1828 Edition


Subsequently

SUB'SEQUENTLY

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adv.
At a later time; in time after something else. Nothing was done at the first meeting; what was subsequently transacted, I do not know.
1.
After something else in order. These difficulties will be subsequently explained.

Definition 2024


subsequently

subsequently

English

Adverb

subsequently (not comparable)

  1. Following, afterwards in either time or place.
  2. Accordingly, therefore (implying a logical connection or deduction).

Usage notes

Although subsequently may imply a cause and effect relationship, it may also be used when no cause is implied.

Quotations

  • 1832John Richardson, Wacousta, volume II, chapter 7
    It will be recollected that the ill-fated Halloway...distinctly stated the voice of the individual who had approached his post...to have been that of a female, and that the language in which they subsequently conversed was that of the Ottawa Indians.
  • 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 1, in The Tremarn Case:
    “There the cause of death was soon ascertained ; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom. […]”

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