AFTERWARDS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does afterwards mean? 

• AFTERWARDS (adverb)
  The adverb AFTERWARDS has 1 sense:

1. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time

  Familiarity information: AFTERWARDS used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AFTERWARDS (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Happening at a time subsequent to a reference time

Synonyms:

after; afterward; afterwards; later; later on; subsequently

Context example:

two hours after that

 Context examples 

The whole party proceeded afterwards to the house of Mr. Aloysius Doran, at Lancaster Gate, where breakfast had been prepared.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I exchanged some remarks with him, therefore, and obtained his courteous permission to write the short note which you afterwards received.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

At first, Edith tried eight-hour watches, but the continuous strain was too great, and afterwards she and Hans relieved each other every four hours.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

And afterwards the very memory of it will keep faith crystal clear.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

It may have nothing to do with what came afterwards, but I thought it only right to mention it.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Well, ma'am, afterwards the house was burnt to the ground: there are only some bits of walls standing now.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

I found afterwards that he was the chauffeur, who filled the gaps left by a succession of fugitive butlers.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I might have been surprised by the feeling tone in which he spoke, if I had given it a thought; but I gave it none until afterwards.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

An invitation to dinner was soon afterwards dispatched; and already had Mrs. Bennet planned the courses that were to do credit to her housekeeping, when an answer arrived which deferred it all.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

He remembered afterwards that his packing had preceded the master's disappearance; but at the time he suspected nothing.

(White Fang, by Jack London)