dependently adjective
de·pend·ent
The adjective form of dependently is dependent
D dDefinitions
- adjective dependently relying on someone or something else for aid, support, etc. 1
- adjective dependently conditioned or determined by something else; contingent: Our trip is dependent on the weather. 1
- adjective dependently subordinate; subject: a dependent territory. 1
- adjective dependently Grammar. not used in isolation; used only in connection with other forms. In I walked out when the bell rang, when the bell rang is a dependent clause. Compare independent (def 14), main1 (def 4). 1
- adjective dependently hanging down; pendent. 1
- adjective dependently Mathematics. (of a variable) having values determined by one or more independent variables. (of an equation) having solutions that are identical to those of another equation or to those of a set of equations. 1
- adjective dependently Statistics. (of an event or a value) not statistically independent. 1