posthumously

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
22
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25
Letters
12

Definition of posthumously

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. (not-comparable)After death.
    “In his boyhood that posthumously libelled sovereign lady, Anne, had terribly prevailed among the dwellings on this highway; […]”
    “Yet while Gauguin went native, taking teenage mistresses, wearing local costumes and building his own wooden hut, his ultimate purpose was to impress the art world back home. And he did, although posthumously.”
    “Mormons have recently posthumously baptised at least 20 Holocaust victims, Humphrey Bogart, Marilyn Monroe and the Queen Mother, according to a researcher who has spent two decades monitoring the church’s massive genealogical database.”
    “In the following month, driver Ben Gimbert and fireman Jim Nightall (posthumously) were awarded the George Cross, the highest honour the King could give civilians.”

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Etymology

From posthumous + -ly.

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