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retrospectively

retrospectively adverb: in a retrospective manner.

Adverb

retrospectively (comparative more retrospectively, superlative most retrospectively)

  1. In a retrospective manner.
    • 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 […]2007, Andrew Zurcher, Spenser's legal language: law and poetry in early modern England, page 4

retrospectively meaning in Bengali

retrospectively in Bengali

অতীতদৃষ্টি সম্পন্ন ভাবে

Synonyms of retrospectively

Forms of retrospectively

comparativemore retrospectively
superlativemost retrospectively

Origin of retrospectively

From retrospective + -ly.

Questions about retrospectively

What does retrospectively mean?
Retrospectively means in a retrospective manner.
What is retrospectively in Bengali?
Retrospectively in Bengali is অতীতদৃষ্টি সম্পন্ন ভাবে. See Retrospectively meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is retrospectively?
Retrospectively is an adverb.

Words near retrospectively in the dictionary

  1. retrospective
  2. retrospective determinism
  3. retrospective determinisms
  4. retrospective memories
  5. retrospective memory
  6. retrospectively
  7. retrospectiveness
  8. retrospectives
  9. retrospectivity
  10. retrospectography
  11. retrospectory

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