subsequently

adverb

sub·​se·​quent·​ly ˈsəb-si-ˌkwent-lē 

-kwənt-

: at a later or subsequent time

comments that were subsequently shown to be inaccurate

By denying him a hearing beforehand, a jury subsequently ruled, prison officials had violated his right to due process.

—David Margol

If we go back in history, we come to artists who in their time were as fashionable and acclaimed as Warhol was in his time but who subsequently went through periods of total oblivion.

—Andre Emmerich

Synonyms of subsequently

• later
• thereafter
• afterward
• after

Examples of subsequently in a Sentence

subsequently found the missing glove

Recent Examples on the Web

The Dogma25 films are distributed by Nordisk Film Distribution and subsequently on Netflix in the Nordics and DR. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026

According to prosecutors, intelligence officers attacked him from behind, causing a serious back injury, and subsequently subjected him to electric shocks. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026

In those pages, a protester strikes an ICE officer with her car before being shot by his partner, and the officer subsequently dies. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2026

It was subsequently identified as belonging to a dinosaur, but nobody quite knew which one. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1537, in the meaning defined above