Definition of Consequently

1. Adverb. (sentence connectors) because of the reason given. "Continued to have severe headaches and accordingly returned to the doctor"

Exact synonyms: Accordingly
Partainyms: Consequent

2. Adverb. As a consequence. "He had good reason to be grateful for the opportunities which they had made available to him and which consequently led to the good position he now held"
Exact synonyms: Therefore
Partainyms: Consequent

Definition of Consequently

1. adv. By consequence; by natural or logical sequence or connection.

Definition of Consequently

1. Adverb. (context: conjunctive) As a result or consequence of something. ¹

2. Adverb. (context: sequence obsolete) subsequently, following after in time or sequence. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Consequently

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Consequently

consequences
consequencing
consequent
consequent phrase
consequent phrases
consequential
consequentialism
consequentialisms
consequentialist
consequentialistic
consequentialists
consequentialities
consequentiality
consequentially
consequentialness
consequently (current term)
consequentness
consequents
consequtive
conserted
consertion
conservable
conservancies
conservancy
conservatard
conservatards
conservate
conservated
conservatee
conservatees

Literary usage of Consequently

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"He refers to Scripture, and then he discovers that the Solar Heat consists of sublimated GOLD, while the Solar Light, and consequently the Lunar Light, ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1906)
"... the new unknown will always reduce the sum of the squares of the residuals, and consequently these diminished numbers are no proof of greater accuracy. ..."

3. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini (1920)
"... rather as valet and housekeeper than anything else; this indeed was obvious, because he had acquired no skill in the arts.1 consequently, while I was ..."

4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1850)
"... that they were releived, and consequently discharged of their former Engage- Ulster, ment, the Enemy were forced to retire back again into ..."

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