Associations to the word «Retroactively»

Wiktionary

RETROACTIVELY, adverb. Done after the fact; applying to events that have previously transpired.

Dictionary definition

RETROACTIVELY, adverb. After the fact; "he will get paid retroactively".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky