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

The Lifetime Achievement award was presented posthumously to Gary Kurfirst by Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads. —Jem Aswad, Variety, 17 Apr. 2025

Frye was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, American Defense Service Medal and the Bronze Star Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, as the Fayetteville Observer’s Rachael Riley reports. —Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2025

Foreman even addressed the crowd posthumously at the Wortham Theater Center, a performing arts center that hosted the memorial, with audio messages recorded previously. —Juan A. Lozano, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025

And an unvaccinated adult in New Mexico, who did not seek medical care, died in early March and tested positive for measles posthumously. —ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1754, in the meaning defined above