WORD OF THE DAY

SUBSEQUENTLY

sub·se·quent
adj.
Following in time or order; succeeding.
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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin subsequns, subsequent- present participle of subsequ, to follow close after : sub-, close after; see sub- + sequ, to follow; see sekw-1 in Indo-European Roots.]
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subsequently

\Sub"se*quent*ly\, adv. At a later time; afterwards.

subsequently

adv : happening at a time subsequent to a reference time; "he apologized subsequently"; "he's going to the store but he'll be back here later"; "it didn't happen until afterward"; "two hours after that" [syn: later, afterwards, afterward, after, later on]