dependingly

English

Etymology

From 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.

   • 1900, Mary Stewart Cutting, The Heritage:

     There was something indescribably, dependingly feminine about Amy's baby; not even the most unused could have taken this soft little darling for a boy.

References

• “dependingly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.