Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word after-wards.

Examples

  • I can imagine that it would hurt like hell after-wards.

    Think Progress » Tea Party Movement As Popular As Socialism 2010

  • "They know it friend when they see one," says he, and for weeks after-wards, when he was writing, the wrens would look in to pass the time with him.

    THE NUMBERS 2010

  • The younger daughter reported this to me after-wards, and what follows

    Sir Charles Grandison 2006

  • And upon the indifference she expressed to change her condition, on terms to which no objection could be made, I supposed she must have a secret preference to some other mam I was after-wards informed, that letters had passed between her and you, by a lady, who had it from a gentleman of your acquaintance.

    Sir Charles Grandison 2006

  • O lud! how could you bear him after-wards in your sight?

    Sir Charles Grandison 2006

  • Some time having elapsed, on account of the long journey, since the beautiful Persian had been to the bath, five or six days after her purchase the vizir's wife gave orders that the bath should be heated for her, and that her own female slaves should attend her there, and after-wards should array her in a magnificent dress that had been prepared for her.

    Still Separate & Unequal Fredrickson, George M. 2005

  • "They know it friend when they see one," says he, and for weeks after-wards, when he was writing, the wrens would look in to pass the time with him.

    Flashman and the angel of the lord Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1995

  • "They know it friend when they see one," says he, and for weeks after-wards, when he was writing, the wrens would look in to pass the time with him.

    Flashman and the angel of the lord Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1995

  • He had spoken briefly to Nangi, explaining that he had made an appointment with the surgeon for later that morning and, depending on how he felt after-wards, he would either come into the office or not.

    The White Ninja Lustbader, Eric 1990

  • 'Futurisuto instead of angel,' Kusunda Ikusa said, after-wards.

    The White Ninja Lustbader, Eric 1990

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.