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Hindsightly vs Hindsight - What's the difference?

hindsightly | hindsight | Derived terms |

Hindsightly is a derived term of hindsight.


As a adjective hindsightly

is of or pertaining to hindsight; retrospective.

As a adverb hindsightly

is retrospectively; in retrospect.

As a noun hindsight is

realisation or understanding of the significance and nature of events after they have occurred.

hindsightly

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Of or pertaining to hindsight; retrospective.
  • * 1996 , Christine Brooke-Rose, Remake :
  • This can't happen all at once, says the nasty piece of perk, the old Houyhnhnm is hindsightly .
  • * 2009 , Freida Bee, MD, Things Like That are Happening :
  • The hindsightly choice is for Michael Moore to privately fund insurance for every uninsured person in the US from the profits from Sicko instead of putting it all into getting Obama elected, [...]

    Adverb

    (en-adv)
  • Retrospectively; in retrospect.
  • * 2011 , Derek Brenwall, The Need to Achieve :
  • My thought process was similar to the theory, but when i realized it, i was hindsightly biased.

    hindsight

    English

    (split)

    Noun

    (-)
  • Realisation or understanding of the significance and nature of events after they have occurred
  • When you read " Seven Little Rabbits" at age 6 and read it again 15 years later, the hindsight you've developed in the time between will make you look at and think of the book much differently than you did the first time!
  • The rear sight of a firearm
  • Antonyms

    * foresight

    Derived terms

    * hindsightly * twenty-twenty hindsight