afterthought

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noun idea that occurs after it is timely

noun. delayed reaction

noun. note at bottom of document

noun. memory, recollection

noun. reconsideration

1660s, from after + thought.

I claim it as the price of coming, you know, when I was only an afterthought.

Then he added as an afterthought: “To hell with Fyles, and all his damned red-coats.”

He hesitated, then added as an afterthought: “I go away to-morrow.”

I mentioned, as an afterthought, that Mr. Heathcroft had recommended Bancroft's to me.

As an afterthought, he added: "And take this fellow with you."

She added, as if it was an afterthought, that Mrs. Theobald's letter had arrived that morning.

Upon an afterthought he added: "There's no reason why he shouldn't meet the Duke, is there?"

It had been an afterthought of hers, and partially countered on James.

As if by an afterthought, he asked: “Have you any idea of the condition of the mine?”

The stratagem which I have been describing was an afterthought.