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posteriourly

posteriourly is the obsolete form of posteriorly.

Meaning of posteriorly

Adverb

posteriorly (comparative more posteriorly, superlative most posteriorly)

  1. After (in time).
  2. Behind (in position).
    • Velum occurs as a narrow, rounded ridge forming the valve margin in lateral view, continuous posteriorly as the dolon in females.1991, Peter Colley Sylvester-Bradley, David J. Siveter, A Stereo-atlas of Ostracod Shells - Volume 18, Part 1, page 4
  3. Towards the posterior.
    • Margin of dolon curling smoothly to distal margin of velum both anteriorly and posteriorly, but dolonal margins not in contact when valves closed.1977, Murray John Copeland, Early Paleozoic Ostracoda from Southwestern District of Mackenzie and Yukon Territory, page 30

Forms of posteriourly

comparativemore posteriourly
superlativemost posteriourly

Origin of posteriourly

From posteriour + -ly.

Questions about posteriourly

What is posteriourly the obsolete form of?
Posteriourly is the obsolete form of posteriorly.

Words near posteriourly in the dictionary

  1. posteriorparietal
  2. posteriors
  3. posteriorward
  4. posteriorwards
  5. posteriour
  6. posteriourly
  7. posteriours
  8. posterioventral
  9. posterioventrally
  10. posterisation
  11. posterisations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: posteriourly (page history and authors); posteriorly (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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