proleptically

== English == === Etymology === From proleptic +‎ -ally or proleptical +‎ -ly. === Adverb === proleptically (comparative more proleptically, superlative most proleptically) In a proleptic manner; anticipatorily. 1925, John Dewey. Experience and Nature In The Later Works of John Dewey, Vol. 1, Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale (IL), p. 150: When we name an event, calling it fire, we speak proleptically; we do not name an immediate event; that is impossible. We employ a term of discourse; we invoke a meaning, namely, the potential consequence of the existence.