0 in a way that relates to or involves thinking about something that happened in the past:
Retrospectively, I wished I had never gone to that conference.
1 with effect from a date in the past before a law, decision, etc. was approved:
We found out only retrospectively that there were many problems.
I reached the conclusion retrospectively.
Retrospectively now I say, yes, that plan needed to be improved.
Respondents reported retrospectively on experience of 17 premenstrual symptoms ' just before the start of your period ' over the previous 12 months.
The data were collected prospectively in 40%, retrospectively in 26%, and the method was unclear for 31%.
Our findings highlight the difficulties in collecting information on seroconversion illness both retrospectively and prospectively.
Interpreted retrospectively, the difficulties are usually ascribed to her previous behaviour.
This resolution of the semantic contradiction between the verses renders them, retrospectively, as a narrative of growing knowledge of hidden wrong-doing.
