Retrogradely example sentences

ret·ro·grade

adjective

retrograde (adjective)

  - directed or moving backward:

  - reverting to an earlier and inferior condition:

  - (of the order of something) reversed; inverse:

  - (of amnesia) involving the period immediately preceding the causal event.

  - (of a metamorphic change) resulting from a decrease in temperature or pressure.

  - (of the apparent motion of a planet) in a reverse direction from normal (from east to west), resulting from the relative orbital progress of the earth and the planet. The opposite of prograde

  - (of the orbit or rotation of a planet or planetary satellite) in a reverse direction from that normal in the solar system.

  - a degenerate person.

  - go back in position or time:

  - revert to an earlier and inferior condition:

  - show retrogradation:

Synonyms

backward, backwards, reverse, rearward, retreating, retrogressive, forward, regressive, negative, downhill, unwelcome, unprogressive, worsening, deteriorating, degenerate, declining, positive, prograde, reprobate, debauchee, rake, profligate, libertine, pervert, deviant, deviate, perv, dissolute, revert, retrogress, relapse, lapse, backslide, subside, deteriorate, decline, worsen, degenerate, fall, drop, ebb, wane, slump, progress, improve

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