posteriorly
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- posteriourly (obsolete, rare)
Etymology
[edit]Adverb
[edit]posteriorly (comparative more posteriorly, superlative most posteriorly)
- after (in time)
- behind (in position)
- 1991, Peter Colley Sylvester-Bradley, David J. Siveter, A Stereo-atlas of Ostracod Shells - Volume 18, Part 1, page 4:
- Velum occurs as a narrow, rounded ridge forming the valve margin in lateral view, continuous posteriorly as the dolon in females.
- towards the posterior
- 1977, Murray John Copeland, Early Paleozoic Ostracoda from Southwestern District of Mackenzie and Yukon Territory, page 30:
- Margin of dolon curling smoothly to distal margin of velum both anteriorly and posteriorly, but dolonal margins not in contact when valves closed.