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. […]”

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)
• 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)