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conditionally

conditionally

3 4.6
Only if certain requirements are met
  • adverb
  • /kənˈdɪʃənəli/
translation icon : condicionalmente
  • She was released from prison conditionally, meaning she had to follow certain rules.
  • conditionally approved
  • conditionally accepted
  • conditionally dispatched

It does not feel good to be loved conditionally.

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Examples

  • In mid-August, I got a letter from the School of Mines, conditionally accepting me for the engineering program.

    Blog text (17)
  • Even though I only had the job conditionally, I was excited.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • I will be conditionally impressed at some later date.

  • And if I were an electric car owner, I'd be conditionally OK with such a program.

    Blog text (20)
  • Now the two were conditionally satisfied with each other.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • The funding was approved conditionally on the completion of the required paperwork.

  • He agreed to the partnership conditionally, as long as both parties fulfilled their obligations.

Synonyms

contingent on
vsconditionally
12 6.4

Dependent on something else or on certain conditions

is true only when specific requirements are satisfied
contingent upon
vsconditionally
6 6.4

Dependent on a condition or on something happening

applies only after the stated conditions have been fulfilled
situationally
vsconditionally
1 5.8

In a way that depends on the situation

is broader, applying whenever stated requirements are met regardless of situation
contingently
vsconditionally
1 7.3

In a way that depends on something else happening or on chance

depends instead on set requirements being met, not on chance
qualifiedly
vsconditionally
8.2

In a limited way, not fully agreeing with something

usually requires conditions to be met rather than just limiting scope

Antonyms

Completely without any conditions

How Conditional

conditionally
3 4.6

Surface Forms

conditionally positive

Morphology

conditionally = conditional (transparent) = condition + al + ly

Formed by adding -ly to 'conditional' (itself 'condition' + -al), and the adverbial meaning is directly predictable from the adjective.

Etymology

Conditionally comes from condition, which is built from con- 'together' and dic- 'to say', the same dic- you see in dictionary. So to act conditionally is to do something 'only if' certain terms or rules are met.