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

A number of guest performers — including Laurie Anderson, Lifeson’s Envy of None bandmate Maiah Wynne, Inuk throat singer Tanya Tagaq and, posthumously, Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie — were also incorporated into the mix. —Gary Graff, Billboard, 21 Nov. 2025

Anti-revolutionary views of the French Revolution have a long lineage, including Chateaubriand’s Mémoires d’outre-tombe (started in 1809 and published posthumously in 1850), and Hippolyte Taine’s multivolume Origines de la France contemporaine (1875–1893). —Literary Hub, 19 Nov. 2025

He was posthumously promoted to lieutenant. —Kristie Keleshian, CBS News, 15 Nov. 2025

Parker is the first Native American posthumously admitted to the bar in US history, according to legal experts. —Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 15 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1754, in the meaning defined above