retrospectively
adverb/ˌretrəˈspektɪvli/
/ˌretrəˈspektɪvli/
- by thinking about the past; in a way that is connected with something that happened in the past
- She wrote retrospectively about her childhood.
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- (also less frequent, formal retroactively)from a particular date in the past rather than from the present date
- The new rule will be applied retrospectively.
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