adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In regard to or according to the context.

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1827.  G. S. Faber, Orig. Exp. Sacr., 121. A sense good and consistent and contextually harmonious.

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1861.  Ellicott, Aids to Faith, ix. 432. Develop and enunciate the meaning under the limitations assigned by the context, or, in other words, Interpret contextually.

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