adv. [f. prec., with adverbial genitive -es, -s. At first a northern form. See -WARDS.] At a later time, subsequently.
c. 1300. St. Brandan, 10. And underne siththe and middai and afterwardes non.
1375. Barbour, Bruce, I. 588. Off hys etlyng rycht swa It fell, As I sall eftirwartis tell.
1601. Shaks., Jul. C., II. i. 164. Like Wrath in death, and Enuy afterwards.
1611. Bible, John xiii. 36. Thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards.
1756. Burke, Vind. Nat. Soc., Wks. I. 21. The war was brought home to them, first by Agesilaus, and afterwards by Alexander.
1842. J. H. Newman, Ch. of Fathers, 385. In the afterwards metropolitan city of Canterbury.
