derivatively

Definitions

In a manner that is based on or derived from another source; not original.

In a way that relates to or is obtained through the mathematical process of differentiation.

Examples

The film was criticized for being derivatively plotted, relying heavily on tropes from earlier science fiction classics.

He spoke derivatively about the subject, merely echoing the opinions he had read in the morning newspaper.

Synonyms

secondarily unoriginally imitatively dependently non-originally

Antonyms

originally creatively independently innovatively inventively