utólagosan

Utólagosan is a Hungarian adverb meaning in retrospect, after the fact, or ex post. It describes actions, judgments, or assessments that are made after an event has occurred rather than at the time of the event. The term is commonly used in formal or analytical contexts, such as legal reviews, historical analysis, and policy evaluations.

Etymology and form: utólagosan is formed from utólag (retrospectively, afterwards) with the adverbial suffix -osan, producing an adverb that emphasizes that the following action or assessment is performed after the fact. Related forms include the adjective utólagos (retrospective).

Usage and nuance: utólagosan signals a revision, reinterpretation, or reconsideration conducted after an event. It often accompanies verbs of examination or modification, for example: A döntést utólagosan felülvizsgálták (The decision was reviewed retrospectively). Utólagosan kijavították a hibákat az adatszükségletben. It tends to be more formal than plain utólag, which simply means “afterwards.”

Relation to other terms: utólagosan is close in meaning to ex post and to utólagos szemlélet (retrospective viewpoint). It is less common in everyday speech and more typical in written discourse, analyses, and official reports.

See also: ex post, utólagos. In Hungarian language use, utólagosan helps convey that an assessment or action was carried out with the benefit of hindsight rather than at the time of the original event.