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dependently, adv.|dɪˈpɛndəntlɪ| [f. dependent a. + -ly2.] In a dependent manner; in a way depending on something.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xxv. 178 These..act but dependantly on their formes. 1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. i. iii. 73 Whether there be an utter impossibility of any material Being to be either independently or dependently eternal. 1793Beattie Moral Sc. i. i. §3 (R.) If we affirm..relatively, conditionally, or dependently on something else, it is the subjunctive. |