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单词 prospectively
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prospectivelyadv.

Brit. /prəˈspɛktᵻvli/, U.S. /prəˈspɛktᵻvli/, /prɑˈspɛktᵻvli/
Forms: 1500s–1600s prospectiuely, 1600s– prospectively.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prospective n., prospective adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: In sense 1 apparently < prospective n. + -ly suffix2 (compare prospective n. 2a), unless an error for perspectively adv. (although this is first attested later in the relevant sense: compare perspectively adv. 3). In later senses < prospective adj. + -ly suffix2.
1. According to the rules of perspective; in perspective; = perspectively adv. 3. Obsolete. rare.Possibly an error for perspectively, although cf. prospective n. 2a.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > perspective > [adverb]
prospectively1557
in perspective1614
perspectively1700
1557 R. Record Whetstone of Witte sig. Hi Cubike..nombers can not be expressed aptly in flatte, but prospectiuely, as Dice maie be made in protracture.
2. With regard to or consideration of the future; with foresight. Also: in anticipation or expectation.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > [adverb] > in view
prospectively1735
in prospective1746–7
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > [adverb]
foreknowingly1647
prospectively1735
presciently1823
previsionally1836
1735 C. Place Remarks on Treat. xviii. 124 Both [sacrements] pointed at Christ, the one prospectively, the other respectively.
1791 tr. J. G. Zimmermann Solitude Considered iii. 138 Those..who look prospectively for that season of complete leisure which no man ever finds.
1826 J. S. Mill in Wks. (1967) IV. 75 The few who watch prospectively the signs of future supply and demand.
1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation iv. 103 An annual outlay..is applied—prospectively as scholarship, or retrospectively as fellowship.
1948 Jrnl. Politics 10 843 American policy, viewed both historically and prospectively.
1992 C. Bonney Solicitors' Partnerships (BNC) 95 The matter may be looked at retrospectively..or prospectively.
3. With bearing upon or application to future rather than past cases or situations; not retrospectively.
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the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > prospectively or looking to the future
prospectively1804
1804 C. Robinson Rep. High Court Admiralty 4 416 Inducing him to disobey the positive orders of his own Government, given prospectively for the very case which had occurred.
1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. 1 Rules which..prospectively declare the rights and obligations which the State will enforce.
1885 Law Times Rep. 52 168/2 The Judicature Act 1875..cannot..apply prospectively to the Bankruptcy Act of 1883.
1963 Harvard Law Rev. 77 1526 The version passed could be applied prospectively, while retrospectively a court might either apply the enrolled version or declare that no law was operative.
1992 Weekly Law Rep. 3 312 The Act of 1988..applied only prospectively and did not have the effect of rendering unlawful conduct which had previously been lawful.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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