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

Named posthumously to the VES Hall of Fame are Jon Landau, Gerry Anderson, Ishiro Honda and Tomoyuki Tanaka. — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 9 July 2026

She will also be posthumously inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame at the New Mexico Museum of Space History, according to city officials in Grapevine. — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026

Since his death in January 2016, David Bowie has posthumously charted dozens of new albums in his home country of the United Kingdom. — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Almost 250 years later, in 2013, the New Hampshire Senate unanimously passed the petition, declaring the 14 men free posthumously. — Catherine Messier, The Providence Journal, 4 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1754, in the meaning defined above