afterwards

adverb/ˈæftərwərdz/

Frequency rank: #2,337 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

at a later time; after an event that has already been mentioned.

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Example sentence

We had dinner first, and afterwards we went for a walk in the park.

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