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AFTERWARD
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
Example:
two hours after that
Synonyms:
after; afterward; afterwards; later; later on; subsequently
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Context examples:
This new moon is so inspirational that the events you experience afterward might make you feel surprised, happy, and breathless.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
The first jolt had like to have shaken me out of my hammock, but afterward the motion was easy enough.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
Afterward they passed on through the gate into the Emerald City.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
They found that individuals who reported symptoms of hard-to-treat depression before the study had a mild to moderate reduction in those symptoms afterward, similar to the effectiveness of antidepressants.
(Anti-inflammatory Drugs Also Fight Depression, Voanews)
He would often seize Thornton’s hand in his mouth and close so fiercely that the flesh bore the impress of his teeth for some time afterward.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
"I'm afraid he'll laugh at our paper, and make fun of us afterward," observed Pickwick, pulling the little curl on her forehead, as she always did when doubtful.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
The puppy's name, as White Fang was afterward to hear him called, was Lip-lip.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Shortly afterward, Sir Thomas was again interfering a little with her inclination, by advising her to go immediately to bed.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Other designs might afterward arise.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
He went to bed immediately afterward, and in the morning decided that he was greatly rested.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
