retrospectively
/ɹˌɛtɹoʊspˈɛktɪvli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.82 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
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."
Etymology
Etymology tree English retrospective Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English retrospectively From retrospective + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more retrospectively (comparative)
most retrospectively (superlative)