Retrospectively
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Retrospectively is an adverb meaning In a retrospective manner.
Meaning
In a retrospective manner.
Example Sentences
Near-synonyms: in retrospect, in hindsight
The infelicity of this shift of subject only becomes apparent, again retrospectively, in line eight, directly after the reader's encounter with yet another inscrutable Spenserism […]
The difference here is that the protagonists in this collection are, for the most part, at the end of their lives, and so the news of familial drama and divorce and the cocktail parties, barbecues and casual wooings of quotidian life in suburbia is given retrospectively, wistfully, presented in the larger context as memories of lost moments and lost opportunities.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include retroactively, subsequently, afterwards, backwards, back, post.
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