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Definition of Only if
1. Adverb. Never except when. "Call me only if your cold gets worse"
Definition of Only if
1. Conjunction. Not unless; ''used to introduce a necessary condition''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Only If
Literary usage of Only if
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An exposition of the Creed by John Pearson (1857)
"If then we be obliged to worship the God of Israel only, if we be also commanded
to give the same worship to the Son which we give to him ; it is necessary ..."
2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1890)
"He could only join the cabinet with Fox, and only if a majority of its members
were whigs. He was at this time averse to any coalition, feeling that the ..."
3. Principles of Economics by Frank William Taussig (1915)
"Strictly, the result is to be expected only if the commodity is produced under
free competition and under the conditions of constant return.1 Ordinarily a ..."
4. Principles of Economics by Frank William Taussig (1911)
"Strictly, the result is to be expected only if the commodity is produced under
free competition and under the conditions of constant return.1 Ordinarily a ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Now suppose the contours to touch at some other point C. The velocities there
can be collinear only if С lies on ..."
6. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"Parcels may be redirected free of charge, within the same time limits, only If
the original and the corrected addresses are both within the same Town ..."
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