qualifiedly
- adverb
- /ˈkwɒlɪfaɪdli/
- The teacher qualifiedly praised the student's work, acknowledging improvement while pointing out areas needing more effort.
Examples
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He is qualifiedly interested in the project, noting it could succeed but only under certain conditions.
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Their poetry is also described as autobiographic, but only qualifiedly may we speak of autobiography in a decade when semantic categories and canonical genres were already being eroded.
Academic text (2001) -
Furthermore, even if indemnity did assuage prison guards' loathing for lawsuits, qualifiedly immune public officials also receive indemnification (and sometimes legal representation) from their employers.
Academic text (1997) -
Some people qualifiedly accept the new policy, agreeing it has benefits but also raising concerns.
Synonyms
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4.1
In a strict, limited way that allows few exceptions
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4.6
Only if certain requirements are met
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6.0
In a way that limits what is allowed
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6.2
To a small degree, not completely
In a limited way that does not go past a certain amount
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Etymology
The word qualifiedly comes from qualify, which shares the root qual- with the common word quality, meaning 'of what sort'. So qualifiedly means 'in a limited or conditional way', like giving support or approval that is not complete.