dependingly

English

Etymology

depending +‎ -ly

Adverb

dependingly (comparative more dependingly, superlative most dependingly)

  1. As having dependence.
    • 1676, Matthew Hale, Contemplations moral and divine, by a person of great learning and judgment, ed. by E. Stephens [1699].
      Give therefore, I pray thee, Bread for this day, and when to morrow comes, I will beg Bread of thee for to morrow; and if thou givest me this day supplies beyond the expence of this day, I will use it thankfully, and nevertheless dependingly for I will renew my Petition for my daily Bread, still.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for dependingly in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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