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afterwards

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af·ter·ward  (ftr-wrd) also af·ter·wards (-wrdz)
adv.
At a later time; subsequently.

afterwards or afterward
Adverb
later [Old English æfterweard]
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Adv.1.afterwards - happening at a time subsequent to a reference time; "he apologized subsequently"; "he's going to the store but he'll be back here later"; "it didn't happen until afterward"; "two hours after that"

afterwards or afterward
adverb later, after, then, after that, subsequently, thereafter, following that, at a later date or time
Translations

afterwards [ˈɑːftəwədz] advdespués, más tarde
afterwards [ˈɑːftəwədz] (US), afterward [ˈɑːftəwəd] after advaprès
afterwards (US) afterward after [ˈɑːftəwəd(z)] advdanach
afterwards [ˈɑːftəwədz] advdopo


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Eliot, in company with three others, whose names are not mentioned, having implored the divine blessing on the undertaking, made his first visit to the Indians on the 28th of October, 1646 at a place afterwards called Nonantum; a spot that has the honor of being the first on which a civilized and Christian settlement of Indians was effected within the English colonies of North America.
Three or four days afterwards a solitary Indian, believed to be the same, was observed crossing a valley, and pursued; but he darted away into the fastnesses of the mountains, and was seen no more.
One old woman with a little boy, four or five years old, ran into a boat, but there was nobody to row it out: the boat was consequently dashed against an anchor and cut in twain; the old woman was drowned, but the child was picked up some hours afterwards clinging to the wreck.
 
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