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Silly electronic currency units rising retrospectively (7)

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I believe the answer is:

puerile

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'silly' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'electronic currency units rising retrospectively' is the wordplay.
'electronic' becomes 'e' (as in e-mail or e-books).
'currency units' becomes 'lire' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'rising' becomes 'up' (similar in meaning).
'retrospectively' is a reversal indicator.
'e'+'lire'+'up'='elireup'
'elireup' backwards is 'PUERILE'.

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(Other definitions for puerile that I've seen before include "Childish, silly, trivial" , "Childish, immature" , "Babyish" , "Childishly silly" , "Childishly stupid" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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