Posthumously refers to after death. In this case pardoned after death.
After someone has died. A soldier who dies during a mission can be given a medal posthumously.
"Posthumously" means "after death."
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When a medal is given to someone after they die, it is conferred or given after death, posthumously. Posthumously means that it was done after the fact or death, such as a book or song by an author/singer being released after the authors/singers death (called a Posthumous Work), or a baby being born after/during the Parent's death (called a Posthumous Birth).
Posthumously refers to after death. In this case pardoned after death.
Since he was killing in the battle, his medal was awarded posthumously. Leonardo da Vinci's writings were only published posthumously.
The author's book was published posthumously
A posthumously produced album requires him to be dead. Justin Bieber is still alive, therefore, no albums can be produced posthumously.
'Posthumously' refers to something after someone has died, usually in the case of awards being given to someone for achievements before their death. It's an adverb and is not used often. Here's an example: "Joe Bloggs was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize posthumously and the prize was collected by his wife, Mary Bloggs." [Joe Bloggs is the UK version of John Doe!]
More children are being born.
Rickey Henderson & Jim Rice, plus Joe "Flash" Gordon, posthumously.