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ret·ro·spec·tive·ly

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. retrospectivelyadverb

    in a manner contemplative of past events

    "retrospectively, he seems like a great artist"

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  1. retrospectivelyadverb

    In a retrospective manner.

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  1. retrospectively

    Retrospectively refers to looking back on or dealing with past events or situations, often in a reflective or analytical manner. It can also imply a revision of past actions, decisions, or experiences based on new information or insights gained in the present.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Retrospectivelyadverb

    by way of retrospect

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of retrospectively in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of retrospectively in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of retrospectively in a Sentence

  1. Meg Selby:

    It kind of just feels like it's all been taken from you, to not really have anything to show for it now is hard, and I, retrospectively, wish I had more pictures.

  2. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson:

    We are bringing forward legislation to stop the system of automatic early release. The difficulty is how to apply retrospectively to the cohort of people who currently qualify, it is time to take action to ensure, irrespective of the law we are bringing in, people in the current stream dont qualify automatically for early release.

  3. Sami Sarkamies:

    Samsung has been paying Nokia probably 100 million per year, and the rate could now come up to around 300 million euros (per year). The settled rate will also be paid retrospectively for the last two years, but they have already booked perhaps 100 million a year from Samsung to their income statement, so the EBIT impact for this year could be around 700 million euros.

  4. Holly Prigerson:

    The study is novel in that it evaluates retrospectively the depressive symptom severity of patients within 24 hours of death, i ’m unaware of any other study that has attempted this.

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