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Definition of Retrogressively
1. adv. In a retrogressive manner.
Definition of Retrogressively
1. Adverb. In a retrogressive manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Retrogressively
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Retrogressively
Literary usage of Retrogressively
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Laws of Heredity by George Archdall O'Brien Reid (1910)
"... the tendency to vary retrogressively is so much stronger than the tendency to
vary progressively that retrogression is checked only by selection. ..."
2. Proofs and Illustrations of the Attributes of God: From the Facts and Laws by John Macculloch (1843)
"The analogy which occurs in the gradual improvement and multiplication, or,
reversely, in the as gradual simplification and diminution, retrogressively, ..."
3. A Dictionary of Science: Comprising Astronomy, Chemistry, Dynamics by George Farrer Rodwell (1871)
"... retrogressively, and at such a rate that a complete revolution of the nodes
of the equator-plane would be effected within a moderate number of years. ..."
4. The Structure of Man: An Index to His Past History by Robert Wiedersheim, George Bond Howes (1895)
"B. Retrogressively modified, the Organs having become wholly or in part functionless,
some appearing in the Embryo alone, others present during Life ..."
5. Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant (1901)
"But the order of succession in imagination is not determined, and the series of
successive representations may be taken retrogressively as well as ..."
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