Consequently
['kɒnsɪkw(ə)ntlɪ] or ['kɑnsəkwɛntli]
Definition
(adv.) (sentence connectors) because of the reason given; 'consequently, he didn't do it'; 'continued to have severe headaches and accordingly returned to the doctor'.
(adv.) 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'.
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Definition
(adv.) By consequence; by natural or logical sequence or connection.
Typist: Maura
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Accordingly, therefore,[See ACCORDING]
ANT:Irrelevantly, inconsequently
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Examples
- Numerous attempts were consequently made to obtain a more sensitive material. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- I knew it was three hundred and sixty-four feet wide, and consequently wider than the capitol. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Consequently, from the country? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The latter was encumbered with barges of coal in tow, and consequently could make but little speed against the rapid current of the Mississippi. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- There was, consequently, a delay of some four days in building bridges out of the remains of the old railroad bridge. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He was mindful, however, if not of his own danger, at least of the fact that Mr. Jackson was under his mother's roof, and consequently his guest. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Consequently she is like a thoroughly fine day. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- That the power, and consequently the security of the monarchy, may not be weakened by division, it must descend entire to one of the children. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Consequently no proposition can be intelligible or consistent with regard to objects, which is not so with regard to perceptions. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Consequently play is free, plastic. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- All these differences prevent or weaken the comparison, and consequently the passion. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The wire cloth moves at the rate of from 25 to 40 feet per minute, and such a machine would consequently make at least 10 yards of paper in that time, which is equal to a mile in three hours. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- In winter the heat from the freezing water keeps the temperature of the surrounding higher than it would naturally be, and consequently the cold weather is less severe. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Consequently when he came up the staircase to bed, candle in hand, he came full upon her. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Their isolation, and consequently their purely arbitrary going together, is canceled; a unified developing situation takes its place. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- They were a forest people, not a steppe people, and, consequently, wasteful of wood; they were a cattle people and not a horse people. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It cannot, therefore, be from any of these impressions, or from any other, that the idea of self is derived; and consequently there is no such idea. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- This time the Duke had the honour of putting me in a passion, and I consequently wrote to this effect. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- My greatest reassurance was that he was coming to Barnard's Inn, not to Hammersmith, and consequently would not fall in Bentley Drummle's way. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- That the lower region of air is often more heated, and so more rarefied, than the upper; consequently, specifically lighter. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Consequently, it is necessary to provide some way by which duplicates may be made cheaply enough to permit their purchase by the public at a reasonable price. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The competition, therefore, would everywhere be as great, and, consequently, the ordinary profit as low as possible. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- What is called a bounty, is sometimes no more than a drawback, and, consequently, is not liable to the same objections as what is properly a bounty. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- His father used very harsh words, and Worcester's courage and firmness had consequently increased. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- They are more used, and less cared for, and their consumption consequently increases in a greater proportion than their mass. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It would be a great disappointment to Mr. John Knightley; consequently to Isabella. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Not being united by any common object, producing them, they have no relation to each other; and consequently make no transition or union of forces. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- These Instantaneous Lights are made without sulphur, consequently the disagreeable smell of the common Lucifer is avoided. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- I was consequently honoured with her early visit the next day. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Consequently he fills and empties his glass with a smack of his lips and is proceeding with his refreshment when an idea enters his mind. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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