Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a conditional manner; under certain conditions or with certain limitations; on particular terms or stipulations; not absolutely or positively.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a conditional manner; subject to a condition or conditions; not absolutely or positively.
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- adverb under specified
conditions
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- adverb subject to a condition
Etymologies
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Examples
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"Detroit had brought him in conditionally from the Dodgers," Berger told Krause Publications '
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That God knew their hypocrisy in their enquiries of him, and that when they asked what he would have them to do they were resolved to take their own way; and therefore the sentence which was before pronounced conditionally is made absolute.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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That, then, is said to be conditionally, which is supposed to exist not of itself or absolutely, but as really dependent upon and joined to another; which signifies a suit and consequence.
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The four convicted men were also sentenced to 10 years imprisonment with the jail terms conditionally suspended for five years by Mr Justice Richard Jones.
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Converts to the Church are generally baptized conditionally, because there is doubt about the validity of the Baptism they received.
Baltimore Catechism No. 4 (of 4) An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine Thomas L. Kinkead
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The Church wishes to be certain that all its children are baptized; so when there is any doubt about the first Baptism, it baptizes again conditionally, that is, the priest says in giving the Baptism over again: If you are not baptized already, I baptize you now.
Baltimore Catechism No. 4 (of 4) An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine Thomas L. Kinkead
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A convert, whose baptism is considered valid, or who, at most, on his reception into the Church is rebaptized conditionally, is required to make a profession of faith, which contains an abjuration of heresy.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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The second is he that owneth an action or covenant of another conditionally, that is to say, he undertaketh to do it if the other doth it not at or before a certain time.
Chapter XVI. Of Persons, Authors, and Things Personated 1909
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Frenchmen from the first days of France have brought their offerings, there is no doubt about the intentions of countless benefactors; they have made their gifts conditionally, that is, on the condition that the endowment should remain intact, and that each successive beneficiary should merely serve as the administrator of it.
The French Revolution - Volume 1 Hippolyte Taine 1860
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On this occasion, a father of eleven children desired to be baptized, and was baptized conditionally with six of his children.
Extracts from a Journal of a Voyage of Visitation in the "Hawk," 1859 Edward Feild 1838
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