Definition of "contextual" []

• Of, involving, or depending on a context. (adjective)

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• "I agree with your assertion that what you term contextual urban fantasy is more open towards a wider variety of protagonists and that it seems to attract more writers who are not straight white men."
• "But Ian had decided that what he called contextual archaeology required a constant flow of information between the excavators and the specialists."
• "Instead, Arnold teaches students to hear each pitch in relation to the music's key-what he calls contextual ear training."