PROSPECTIVELY

Etymology

Adverb

prospectively (not comparable)

In a prospective manner.

Source: Wiktionary

Pro*spec"tive*ly, adv.

Definition: In a prospective manner.

PROSPECTIVE

Pro*spec"tive, a. Etym: [L. prospectivus: cf. F. prospectif. See Prospect, n.]

1. Of or pertaining to a prospect; furnishing a prospect; perspective. [Obs.] Time's long and dark prospective glass. Milton.

2. Looking forward in time; acting with foresight; -- opposed to retrospective. The French king of Sweden are circumspect, industrious, and prospective, too, in this affair. Sir J. Child.

3. Being within view or consideration, as a future event or contingency; relating to the future: expected; as, a prospective benefit. Points on which the promises, at the time of ordination, had no prospective bearing. W. Jay.

Pro*spec"tive, n.

1. The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect. Sir H. Wotton.

2. A perspective glass. [Obs.] Chaucer. Beau. & Fl.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition