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[ adverb ] in a manner contemplative of past events

Examples

"retrospectively, he seems like a great artist"

Related terms

retrospective retrospective

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Rhymes with

effectively protectively objectively selectively collectively respectively constructively seductively productively effectively retroactively attractively instinctively distinctively actively deceptively attentively furtively authoritatively assertively administratively qualitatively creatively appreciatively legislatively provocatively exhaustively appreciatively competitively comparatively positively relatively conservatively sensitively consecutively figuratively tentatively alternatively negatively cumulatively imaginatively cooperatively intuitively prohibitively comprehensively inexpensively intensively impressively aggressively extensively expensively offensively obsessively excessively successively defensively progressively derisively persuasively tentatively compulsively impulsively derisively quantitatively passively massively conclusively impassively exclusively explosively effusively decisively inconclusively bravely gravely plaintively naively lovely plaintively lively

Phonetic and Homophones

R EH2 T R OW0 S P EH1 K T IH0 V L IY0

Similar Spelling

retrospective retroactively retrospection retrogressive

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