Hypertext Webster Gateway: "afterwards"
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) 1.7 (wn)
afterwards
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}, {afterward}, {after}, {later on}]
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