posteriorly

English

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pós

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *pósti

Proto-Italic *posti

Proto-Indo-European *-teros

Proto-Italic *-teros

Proto-Italic *posteros

Latin posterus

Latin posteriorbor.

English posterior

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English posteriorly

From posterior + -ly.

posteriorly (comparative more posteriorly, superlative most posteriorly)

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