context-sensitive.

1. Dependent on contextual conditions within the stated framework.

2. Allowing formal grammar rules conditioned by surrounding symbols under the relevant formal definition.

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Words that belong together

• context-sensitive interpretation
• context-sensitive response

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The interpretation was context-sensitive because the referent changed with the situation.

The response was context-sensitive rather than identical across settings.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Normally relational or categorical; comparison only where the particular property admits gradation. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: formal properties, scope and scale, organizational relations, analytic representation. Disciplines: academic writing, formal methods, cross-disciplinary analysis. Commonness: moderately common.