Lapulapu is regarded, retroactively, as the first Filipino hero.
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Retroactively
//ˌɹɛtɹoʊˈæktɪvli//
Synonyms for "retroactively" (6 found)
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3 entriesTranslations
19 translations across 18 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- retroactivament adv (done after the fact)
Dutch
1 entries- met terugwerkende kracht adv (done after the fact)
Estonian
1 entries- tagasiulatuvalt adv (done after the fact)
Finnish
1 entries- takautuvasti adv (done after the fact)
French
1 entries- rétroactivement adv (done after the fact)
German
1 entries- rückwirkend adv (done after the fact)
Greek
1 entries- αναδρομικά adv (done after the fact)
Hebrew
1 entries- לְמַפְרֵעַ adv (done after the fact)
Hungarian
2 entries- visszamenőleg adv (done after the fact)
- visszamenőlegesen adv (done after the fact)
Irish
1 entries- go aisghníomhach adv (done after the fact)
Italian
1 entries- retroattivamente adv (done after the fact)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- retroaktivt adv (done after the fact)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- retroaktivt adv (done after the fact)
Polish
1 entries- retroaktywnie adv (done after the fact)
Portuguese
1 entries- retroativamente adv (done after the fact)
Spanish
1 entries- retroactivamente adv (done after the fact)
Swedish
1 entries- retroaktivt adv (done after the fact)
Turkish
1 entries- geriye dönük adv (done after the fact)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
The new legislature passed a resolution retroactively legalizing the actions of the revolutionaries that brought them to power.
Source: wiktionary
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[…]
Source: wiktionary
Over the weekend, the Trump administration ignored a federal judge’s order not to deport a group of Venezuelan men, then later tried to retroactively justify its actions with arguments so distant from settled law and ordinary practice that legal experts have said they border on frivolous.
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