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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Afterwards \Aft"er*wards\, Afterward \Aft"er*ward\, adv [AS. [ae]fteweard, a., behind. See {Aft}, and {-ward} (suffix). The final s in afterwards is adverbial, orig. a genitive ending.] At a later or succeeding time. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: afterward adv : happening at a time subsequent to a reference time; "he apologized subsequently"; "he's going to the store but he'll be back here later"; "it didn't happen until afterward"; "two hours after that" [syn: {subsequently}, {later}, {afterwards}, {after}, {later on}]
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