retrospectively

[ re-truh-spek-tiv-lee ]

/ ˌrɛ trəˈspɛk tɪv li /

with contemplation of past situations, events, etc.: You should examine your relationship retrospectively.

with retrospective effect; retroactively: The law operates retrospectively.

Origin of retrospectively

First recorded in 1600–10; retrospective + -ly

But what happens once this retrospectively meager foreign aid money dries up?

Obama Releases Aid To Palestinian Authority |Anna Lekas Miller |March 28, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
And if it's not the winning message now, how will it have retrospectively become the winning message on Wednesday morning?

A Pre-Election Challenge for 'Real' Conservatives |David Frum |November 2, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Our contraband is a woman, and she comes upon the scene of action in this wise, retrospectively.

Shoulder-Straps |Henry Morford
This also for a time, much at his leisure, Adam Verver retrospectively fixed.

The Golden Bowl |Henry James

It looks as if she has arranged to charge us retrospectively by the hour for the stuff.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, June 2, 1920 |Various
Tradition makes history, retrospectively, as it ought to have been, and as it never is.

English Conferences of Ernest Renan |Ernest Renan
One patient, who frequently showed this reaction, explained it retrospectively by saying that she wanted to be left alone.

Benign Stupors |August Hoch