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derivatively

derivatively

1 7.5
In a way that copies other people's ideas or style instead of being original
  • adverb
  • /dɪˈrɪvətɪvli/
translation icon : derivativamente
  • Metaphor is primarily a matter of conceptual structure, and derivatively a matter of language.
  • only derivatively

Examples

  • Royce's insight holds valid both for family relationships and derivatively for all similar interpersonal relationships within human societies.

    Academic text (1991)
  • This conception presents a more expansive understanding of social sin than one that remains only derivatively social.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Central to the culture wars is the conflict between science and faith and, derivatively, between naturalism and supernaturalism.

    Academic text (2006)
  • He writes, "I do believe that it is important to keep in mind that 'consciousness' is said primarily and directly of the subject as subject, and only derivatively and indirectly of acts and levels."

    Academic text (2007)
  • However, another verb sa'ada (to help or assist) is derivatively related to sa'adah, the implication being that happiness is not totally an individual effort, but also depends on helping or being helped by other members of the community.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Actors who have a role to play in accountability include the following: individuals living among biodiversity resources; companies engaged in bioprospecting; source countries rich in biodiversity resources; countries that benefit, either directly or derivatively, from the use of biodiversity resources; and international governmental organizations, which are important to the formulation of a coherent policy for sustainable development.

    Academic text (1997)
  • The reason consciousness seems cut off from the world is the fact that "consciousness primarily illuminates the higher phase in which it arises, and only illuminates earlier phases derivatively, as they remain components in the higher phase" (1978, 162).

    Academic text (1991)
  • Both are massively present in the story of American art, a story that begins weakly and derivatively in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and acquires such seemingly irrefutable power by the end of the twentieth century.

    Academic text (2001)
  • The new policy was derivatively influenced by previous research findings on the subject.

  • Her ideas were derivatively inspired by famous artists from the past, which she acknowledged in her work.

Synonyms

mimetically
vsderivatively
8.4

By copying another person or thing, especially their movements

is based on something else but may be less direct or exact

How Original

innovatively
1 4.6
creatively
41 3.5
derivatively
1 7.5

Surface Forms

derivatively positive

Morphology

derivatively = derivative (transparent) = derivative + ly

Formed by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'derivative', yielding a manner adverb with a clear meaning.

Etymology

Derivatively comes from the verb derive, which originally meant to 'take from a stream' and is related to the common word river. So, to do something derivatively is to take it from another source—copied or not original.