"posthumously" meaning in English

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Adverb

Etymology: posthumous + -ly Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|posthumous|ly}} posthumous + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} posthumously (not comparable)
  1. After death. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: post mortem, post-humously Translations (after death): հետմահու (hetmahu) (Armenian), пасмяротна (pasmjarótna) (Belarusian), posmrtně (Czech), postmorte (Esperanto), kuoleman jälkeen (Finnish), postuumisti (Finnish), posthumement (French), postumamente (Galician), postumamente (Italian), 死後 (Japanese), pośmiertnie (Polish), postumamente (Portuguese), посме́ртно (posmértno) (Russian), posthumno (Serbo-Croatian), póstumamente (Spanish), post mortem (Spanish), postumt (Swedish)

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