posthumously

adverb

post·​hu·​mous·​ly ˈpäs-chə-məs-lē 

also -tə-, 

-tyə-, 

-thə-;

päst-ˈhyü-məs-, 

ˈpōst-, 

-ˈyü-

: after the death of the person in question

a book published posthumously

a medal awarded posthumously

Plath's magnificent Ariel, written mostly during the final months of her life and assembled posthumously by Hughes, takes the notion of confessional poetry to verbal and imaginative extremes.

—Christopher Benfey

Flannery O'Connor united both traditions and is duly, albeit posthumously, celebrated.

—Walker Percy

Examples of posthumously in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

English is one of five who will be inducted posthumously in Kansas City. —Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026

Pro Football Hall of Famer and Super Bowl champion Steve McMichael, who died last year at 67 after a five-year fight with ALS, has been posthumously diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, better known as CTE. —Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026

Manda lost his footage, but a new paper in the journal Scientific Reports, which posthumously credits Manda, explains how shellears are able to climb. —Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 7 Apr. 2026

Hall of Fame defensive tackle Steve McMichael, a key member of the Super Bowl XX champion Chicago Bears, has been diagnosed posthumously with Stage 3 chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the Concussion & CTE Foundation said Tuesday. —Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1754, in the meaning defined above