accordingly

English

Etymology

according +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ə.ˈkɔɹ.dɪŋ.li/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈkɔː(ɹ).dɪŋ.li/

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Adverb

accordingly (comparative more accordingly, superlative most accordingly)

1. (manner) Agreeably; correspondingly; suitably; in a manner conformable.
   • (Can we date this quote?), Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, III-ix:

     We may the number of ships behold, and so proceed accordingly.

   • 1895, H. G. Wells, chapter X, in The Time Machine:

     Now, I still think that for this box of matches to have escaped the wear of time for immemorial years was a strange, and for me, a most fortunate thing. Yet oddly enough I found here a far more unlikely substance, and that was camphor. I found it in a sealed jar, that, by chance, I supposed had been really hermetically sealed. I fancied at first the stuff was paraffin wax, and smashed the jar accordingly. But the odor of camphor was unmistakable.

2. (conjunctive) In natural sequence; consequently; so.

Usage notes

Synonym notes:

• Consequently, indicates a connection between two things, the latter of which is done on account of the former.
• Accordingly marks the connection as one of simple accordance or congruity, leading naturally to the result which followed; as, he was absent when I called, and I accordingly left my card; our preparations were all finished, and we accordingly set sail. Consequently all finished, and we accordingly set sail.
• Consequently marks a closer connection, that of logical or causal sequence; as, the papers were not ready, and consequently could not be signed.

Synonyms

• consequently, therefore, wherefore, hence, so

Translations

agreeably; correspondingly; suitably; in a manner conformable

• Bulgarian: съответно (bg) (sǎotvetno)
• Catalan: apropiadament (ca), tal com correspon
• Finnish: sen mukaisesti
• French: en conséquence (fr), conséquemment (fr)
• German: dementsprechend (de)
• Norwegian: deretter (no)

  Bokmål: tilsvarende

• Polish: odpowiednio (pl), stosownie (pl)
• Portuguese: correspondentemente, conformemente, acordadamente
• Russian: соотве́тственно (ru) (sootvétstvenno)
• Spanish: en consecuencia
• Ukrainian: відпові́дно (vidpovídno)

in natural sequence; consequently; so

• Bulgarian: следователно (bg) (sledovatelno)
• Finnish: niinpä, siispä
• German: logischerweise (de)
• Greek: επομένως (el) (epoménos)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: følgelig

• Persian: طبیعتاّ‎ (tabiatan)
• Polish: więc (pl), zatem (pl)
• Portuguese: consequentemente (pt)
• Russian: сле́довательно (ru) (slédovatelʹno)
• Spanish: por consiguiente (es), consecuentemente

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} in consequentia

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} di conseguenza, ^{(please verify)} in conformità a, ^{(please verify)} conformemente (it)

Further reading

• accordingly in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• accordingly in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• accordingly at OneLook Dictionary Search