Retrospectively

Definition: Retrospectively

Retrospectively

Adverb

1. In a manner contemplative of past events; "retrospectively, he seems like a great artist".

Date "retrospectively" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1853. (references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
The Past	Retrospectively; ere now, before now, till now; hitherto, heretofore; no longer; once, once upon a time; from time immemorial, from prehistoric times; in the memory of man; time out of mind; already, yet, up to this time; ex post facto.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Note that acute-phase serum sent as an initial diagnostic specimen may not yet have IgG. IgG antibody is long lasting, and sera of patients retrospectively identified appear to have retained antibody for many years. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Retrospectively" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Retrospectively" is used about 159 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adverb (general)	100%	159	24,860

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Language		Translations for "retrospectively"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏إستعاديا, ‏بإثر رجعي. (various references)

Chinese		回顾展地. (various references)

Danish		udstedt efterfoelgende (issued retroactively, issued retrospectively). (various references)

Dutch		afgegeven a posteriori (issued retroactively, issued retrospectively), achteraf afgegeven (issued retroactively, issued retrospectively), a posteriori afgegeven (issued retroactively, issued retrospectively). (various references)

French		rétrospectivement, rétroactivement (retroactively). (various references)

German		zurückblickende. (various references)

Greek		εκδοθέν εκ των υστέρων (issued retroactively, issued retrospectively). (various references)

Hebrew		למפרע (ahead, backwards, in advance, retroactively). (various references)

Italian		rilasciato a posteriori (issued retroactively, issued retrospectively). (various references)

Korean		회고적으로. (various references)

Pig Latin		etrospectivelyray

Portuguese		emitido a posteriori (issued retroactively, issued retrospectively). (various references)

Romanian		retrospectiv (retrospective), retroactiv (retroactive, retroactively, retrospective). (various references)

Spanish		retrospectivamente (backwardly), de modo retroactivo. (various references)

Ukranian		ретроспективно. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"Retrospectively" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: retrospectivity, retrospectivly. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "retrospectively" (pronounced re'trōspe"ktivlē)
9	-s p e" k t i v l ē	prospectively, respectively.
7	-e" k t i v l ē	affectively, collectively, effectively, objectively, protectively, selectively.
6	-k t i v l ē	actively, attractively, constructively, distinctively, instinctively, productively, retroactively, seductively.
5	-t i v l ē	accumulatively, administratively, affirmatively, alternatively, appreciatively, assertively, attentively, authoritatively, comparatively, competitively, consecutively, conservatively, cooperatively, creatively, cumulatively, deceptively, definitively, exhaustively, figuratively, furtively, imaginatively, intuitively, legislatively, negatively, positively, preemptively, prohibitively, provocatively, qualitatively, relatively, sensitively, substantively, tentatively.
4	-i v l ē	aggressively, cohesively, comprehensively, compulsively, conclusively, decisively, defensively, derisively, effusively, excessively, exclusively, expensively, explosively, extensively, impassively, impressively, impulsively, inconclusively, inexpensively, intensively, massively, obsessively, offensively, passively, persuasively, progressively, reflexively, successively.
3	-v l ē	bravely, gravely, lively, lovely, naively, plaintively, quantitatively.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-i-l-o-p-r-r-s-t-t-v-y"
	-2 letters: electrotypers, retrospective.
	-3 letters: electrotyper, electrotypes, protectively, respectively.
	-4 letters: electrotype, overprecise, receptively, secretively, stereotyper, stereotypic.
	-5 letters: clerestory, corselette, corsetiere, lectotypes, overprices, perceivers, perversely, perversity, preservice, preterites, protective, recoveries, resorptive, respective, retrospect, sperrylite, sportively, stereotype.
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