prospectively

With future orientation

In a way that relates to the future rather than the past.

A study conducted prospectively follows subjects forward in time, tracking outcomes as they occur: The patients were followed prospectively for five years.

Prospectively also describes anticipating future events or conditions: We should prospectively address these concerns before they become problems.

strategically

planfully

With forethought and method

organizationally · systematically · proactively · preventively · provisionally · conditionally · contingently · budgetarily · logistically

temporally

eventually

At a later time

imminently · hereafter · onwards · forward · long-term · beforehand · preemptively · soon · ultimately · pending

predictive

forecasting

Estimating future conditions

speculating · conjecturing · hypothesizing · inferring · extrapolating · predicting · prognosticating · probabilistically · statistically · analytically

anticipatory

eagerly

With keen enthusiasm

yearningly · longingly · enthusiastically · promisingly · potentially · contemplatively · envisioning · dreaming · wishfully · ambitiously

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temporal direction

prospectivelyretrospectively

With backward-looking perspective

in retrospect · in hindsight · looking back · historically · backward-looking

certainty/actuality

prospectivelyactually

In truth, not supposedly

in practice · in reality · definitively · conclusively

certainty of knowledge

prospectivelyretrospectively

With backward-looking perspective

definitively · conclusively · empirically · demonstrably

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prospective

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