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retrospectively /rɛtrə(ʊ)ˈspɛktɪvli /adverb1With consideration of past events or situations: medical records were retrospectively reviewed on 120 patients...- In our model, he is a myth invented retrospectively.
- The film pieces together Caravaggio's life retrospectively, from the vantage point of the dying artist.
- He seemed to her, at least retrospectively, to have been the first man she loved enough to have married.
1.1With effect from a date in the past: the rebates apply retrospectively from 1 April...- In the last 40 years, Congress has extended the term of copyright retrospectively 11 times.
- Some laws are still passed retrospectively.
- The act applies retrospectively to contracts entered into before the act was passed.
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