"hindsightly" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more hindsightly [comparative], most hindsightly [superlative]
Etymology: From hindsight + -ly. Compare foresightly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|hindsight|ly}} hindsight + -ly, {{l|en|foresightly}} foresightly Head templates: {{en-adj}} hindsightly (comparative more hindsightly, superlative most hindsightly)
  1. (rare, nonstandard) Of or pertaining to hindsight; retrospective. Tags: nonstandard, rare
    Sense id: en-hindsightly-en-adj--RZ~OVbc

Adverb

Forms: more hindsightly [comparative], most hindsightly [superlative]
Etymology: From hindsight + -ly. Compare foresightly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|hindsight|ly}} hindsight + -ly, {{l|en|foresightly}} foresightly Head templates: {{en-adv}} hindsightly (comparative more hindsightly, superlative most hindsightly)
  1. (rare, nonstandard) Retrospectively; in retrospect. Tags: nonstandard, rare
    Sense id: en-hindsightly-en-adv-p7LS8Ced Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 99 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 2 98

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