contingently
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7.3
- adverb
- /kənˈtɪnʤəntli/
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condicionalmente
- Finding ourselves contingently existing and naturally directed toward human well-being and flourishing, we can and should come to know God as Creator and provident Lord, and recognize the principles of practical reasoning as divine guidance.
You could say we, you know, we would say by accident here, but that means contingently it's, that's not its purpose.
- You could say we, you know, we would say by accident here, but that means contingently it's, that's not its purpose.
Examples
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And inclinations refer to all of our desires, all of our contingently given wants, preferences, impulses, and the like.
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These risks include an explosion in domestic government debt directly and contingently through the banking system.
Blog text (13) -
The world is not designed for our benefit, and yet it can be contingently hospitable.
Academic text (1999) -
This means that an agent's behavior is not mechanistically determined but contingently directed by the agent's will.
Academic text (1994) -
And this happened to be contingently beneficial to archaeologists and to seedlings.
Academic text (1999) -
Briefly, the term "magisterium" can refer to two logically distinct and only contingently related things.
Blog text (4) -
The lesson of mad pain is that pain is associated only contingently with its causal role, while the lesson of Martian pain is that pain is connected only contingently with its physical realization.
Academic text (1995) -
The long and short of it is that only in the West, but contingently so, modern technology emerged, and did so because of the birth and spread of hard, abstract ideas that are not explainable in the Marxist manner as inevitable reflexive responses to material circumstances.
Academic text (1997) -
The project's success will depend contingently on how much funding we receive.
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The weather is contingently affecting our travel plans, so we need to stay flexible.
Synonyms
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4.6
Only if certain requirements are met
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5.8
In a way that depends on the situation
Antonyms
How Conditional
Surface Forms
Morphology
contingently = contingent (transparent) = contingent + ly
Formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'contingent', so the meaning 'in a way that depends on something else' is directly derived.
Etymology
The word contingently comes from Latin parts con- 'together' and tangere 'to touch', the same idea behind contact or touch, so think of two things that 'touch' and affect each other. That's why something happening 'contingently' depends on another event or on chance.