Defn: Expressing a condition or supposition; as, a conditional word, mode, or tense. A conditional proposition is one which asserts the dependence of one categorical proposition on another. Whately. The words hypothetical and conditional may be . . . used synonymously. J. S. Mill.
CONDITIONAL
Con*di"tion*al, n.
1. A limitation. [Obs.] Bacon.
2. A conditional word, mode, or proposition. Disjunctives may be turned into conditionals. L. H. Atwater.
CONDITIONALITY
Con*di`tion*al"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality of being conditional, or limited; limitation by certain terms.
CONDITIONALLY
Con*di"tion*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In a conditional manner; subject to a condition or conditions; not absolutely or positively. Shak.
CONDITIONATE Con*di"tion*ate, a. Etym: [LL. conditionatus, p. p. See Condition, v. t.]
Defn: Conditional. [Obs.]
Barak's answer is faithful, though conditionate. Bp. Hall.