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Definitions for retroactively
retroac·tive·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
retroactivelyadverb
after the fact
"he will get paid retroactively"
Wiktionary
retroactivelyadverb
Done after the fact; applying to events that have previously transpired.
The new legislature passed a resolution retroactively legalizing the actions of the revolutionaries that brought them to power.
Webster Dictionary
Retroactivelyadverb
in a retroactive manner
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of retroactively in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of retroactively in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of retroactively in a Sentence
He's retroactively trying to invent something to cover his a --.
That's not what I heard Director Comey say … Director Comey said that my answers were truthful and what I've said is consistent with what I have told the American people, that there were decisions discussed and made to classify retroactively certain of the emails.
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez:
We could not apply the new law retroactively, and serious credibility issues in this case precluded us from proceeding on additional charges, yet we remained committed to holding these defendants accountable.
Have bylines under dead name with The Boston Globe, Milford Daily News, and others. Updating those bylines retroactively would allow me to acknowledge the existence of those articles as part of my professional history.
It’s win win. If the president vetoes it, it proves what in fact the president actually said himself in the same interview, one of the reasons he did not have to veto, as he said himself, Harry Reid blocked so much in the senate that he did not like. So in fact, this is the way for republicans to retroactively reshape their image.
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