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

Related Articles 1919 Black Sox: What to know about the World Series scandal, ‘Shoeless’ Joe Jackson and more Cincinnati Reds will pay tribute to Pete Rose a day after he was posthumously reinstated by MLB Column: Pete Rose will likely end up in the Hall of Fame now. —Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025

Baseball star Pete Rose has been posthumously removed from Major League Baseball’s permanently ineligible list. —Cody Godwin, USA Today, 14 May 2025

Both men had their lifetime bans posthumously lifted when MLB ruled this week that lifetime bans end with a player’s death. —Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 14 May 2025

The decision comes after an attorney for Rose filed a petition for reinstatement following the former baseball player’s death in September, hoping Rose could posthumously enter the Hall of Fame. —Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1754, in the meaning defined above