Meanings
adverbcontractually (not comparable)
- not comparableBy means of a contract.
They also could have circumvented W.G.A. members altogether. Instead, this deal guarantees a contractually mandated context in which A.I. can be utilized — one that benefits, rather than impedes or replaces, the workers.
2023 September 29, Adam Seth Litwin, “Hollywood’s Deal With Screenwriters Just Rewrote the Rules Around A.I.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2023
Origin
- Englishcontractual
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishcontractually
From contractual + -ly.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish sopimusteitse, sopimuksellisesti
- sopimusteitseby means of a contract
- sopimuksellisestiby means of a contract
French contractuellement
- contractuellementby means of a contract
Hungarian szerződésesen
- szerződésesenby means of a contract
Polish umownie
- umownieby means of a contract
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APA
contractually. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contractually
MLA
“contractually.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contractually. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “contractually,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contractually.
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