retroactively
adv/ˌɹɛtɹoʊˈæktɪvli/US
Etymology
From retroactive + -ly.
Definitions
Done after the fact
Done after the fact; applying to events that have previously transpired.
- The new legislature passed a resolution retroactively legalizing the actions of the revolutionaries that brought them to power.
- Although it has been already hinted at the link between the human ability to exchange roles and the citizens' right to retroactively adjust unfitting remarks or gestures to the situation, the same connection could perhaps be better[…]
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for retroactively. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA