Incumbently

in·cum·bent  (n-kmbnt)

adj.

1. Imposed as an obligation or duty; obligatory: felt it was incumbent on us all to help.

2. Lying, leaning, or resting on something else: incumbent rock strata.

3. Currently holding a specified office: the incumbent mayor.

n.

A person who holds an office or ecclesiastical benefice: The incumbent was reelected to another term.

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[Middle English, holder of an office, from Medieval Latin incumbns, incumbent-, from Latin, present participle of incumbere, to lean upon, apply oneself to : in-, on; see in-² + -cumbere, to recline.]

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in·cumbent·ly adv.