retrograde
adjective
moving backward; having a backward motion or direction; retiring or retreating.
have been retrograding
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present perfect progressiveof retrograde.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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We are all pretty flourishing here, though I have been retrograding a little, and I think I stand excitement and fatigue hardly better than in old days, and this keeps me from coming to London.
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Sir Francis Darwin
