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posthumously

posthumously

13 7.2
A thing, like an award or book, that happens after a person dies
  • adverb
  • /ˈpɑstʃəˌməsli/
: póstumamente
  • It was awarded to him posthumously.
  • published posthumously
  • awarded posthumously
  • posthumously published book

So the poem has been published posthumously by his good friend Charles, with notes explaining its meaning.

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Examples

  • Sorrel wrote Recollections of a Confederate Staff Officer, which was published posthumously in 1905.

    Academic text (2007)
  • So the poem has been published posthumously by his good friend Charles, with notes explaining its meaning.

  • Has the Student Academy Award ever been won posthumously?

  • Which is usually awarded posthumously.

  • For his service, he was posthumously presented the Navy Cross and Purple Heart as per the following citation:

    Academic text (2007)
  • In England after the war, Thompson went on writing poems, most of which were collected posthumously in Poems 1950-1974.

    Academic text (2009)
  • He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart for gallantry.

  • He was posthumously awarded the Pulitzer Prize and non fiction for his book The Denial of Death.

  • His richly detailed book, America's Sporting Heritage, 1850-1950 (1974), published posthumously, displayed the erudition typical of his research.

    Academic text (1991)
  • He was posthumously awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his outstanding work in literature.

Surface Forms

posthumously positive

Morphology

posthumously = posthumous (transparent) = posthumous + ly

The adverb is a regular formation from the adjective 'posthumous' by adding '-ly', so its adverbial meaning 'after death' is directly derived.

Etymology

Posthumously comes from two parts: post- meaning 'after', the same post- you see in postpone and postwar, and humus meaning 'ground' or 'earth', so it originally meant 'after burial'. That's why something done posthumously happens after a person's death.