subsequently

English

WOTD – 26 May 2008

Etymology

From subsequent +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌb.sɪ.kwənt.li/

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Adverb

subsequently (not comparable)

1. Following, afterwards in either time or place.
   • 1832, John Richardson, chapter 7, in Wacousta, volume II:

     It will be recollected that the ill-fated Halloway...distinctly stated the voice of the individual who had approached his post...to have been that of a female, and that the language in which they subsequently conversed was that of the Ottawa Indians.

   • 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Tremarn Case”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:

     “There the cause of death was soon ascertained ; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom. […]”

   • 2022 November 25, Ben Cost, “Man wins legal right to be 'boring' at work, gets $3K from company”, in New York Post‎^[1], NYP Holdings, archived from the original on 25 November 2022:

     As a result of his refusal, the employee was subsequently canned in 2015 on the basis of "professional inadequacy" and failing to embody the "party" atmosphere that the consultancy was trying to cultivate.

2. Accordingly, therefore (implying a logical connection or deduction), consequently.

Usage notes

• Although subsequently is often used in a cause-and-effect relationship, it may also be used when no cause is implied.

Synonyms

• (afterwards in time): afterwards, yet; see also Thesaurus:subsequently
• (afterwards in sequence): ensuingly, followingly; see also Thesaurus:then
• (accordingly): as a result, whence; see also Thesaurus:therefore

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sekʷ- (3 c, 0 e)

Translations

subsequently

• Bulgarian: после (bg) (posle), впоследствие (bg) (vposledstvie)
• Catalan: subseqüentment (ca)
• Czech: následně (cs)
• Dutch: hierop (nl), vervolgens (nl)
• Esperanto: sekve
• French: ensuite (fr), subséquemment (fr)
• German: anschließend (de), danach (de), darauffolgend (de), daraufhin (de), hierauf (de), nachher (de), nachträglich (de), darauf folgend (de), im Anschluss, in der Folge, in der Folgezeit
• Greek: ακολούθως (el) (akoloúthos), μεταγενέστερα (el) (metagenéstera)
• Hungarian: utólag (hu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: deretter (no), senere (no)

• Polish: później (pl)
• Portuguese: subsequentemente
• Russian: (literally) впосле́дствии (ru) (vposlédstvii), затем (ru) (zatem), позднее (ru) (pozdneje), позже (ru) (pozže), потом (ru) (potom)
• Scottish Gaelic: an dèidh sin, an dèidh làimhe
• Spanish: posteriormente (es)
• Swedish: sedan (sv)
• Tamil: பின்பு (ta) (piṉpu), பின்னர் (ta) (piṉṉar)
• Turkish: akabinde (tr), arkadan, bilahare (tr), daha sonra, müteakip (tr), sonra (tr), sonra gelen, sonradan (tr), sonradan gelen, sonraki (tr), sonradan ortaya çıkan, (anlaşma) sonuç olarak izleyen
• Walloon: shuvanmint (wa)