accordingly
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English acordingli, equivalent to according + -ly.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
accordingly (comparative more accordingly, superlative most accordingly)
- (manner) Agreeably; correspondingly; suitably
- c. 1606–1607, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act 3, scene 9]:
- 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.
- 1987, Kerry Cue, Hang On To Your Horses Doovers, page 5:
- From the Marvel Mixmaster to the Miracle Microwave, every time a new-fangled gadget has lobbed into the Aussie kitchen, Aussie mums have changed their cooking styles accordingly.
- (conjunctive) In natural sequence; consequently; so.
- 1899 Feb, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, page 200:
- Accordingly a young chap wearing his hat over the left eyebrow, some clerk I suppose, - there must have been clerks in the business, though the house was as still as a house in a city of the dead, - came from somewhere up-stairs, and led me forth.
Usage notes[edit]
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[edit]
Translations[edit]
agreeably; correspondingly; suitably; in a manner conformable
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in natural sequence; consequently; so
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Further reading[edit]
- accordingly in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- accordingly in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- accordingly at OneLook Dictionary Search
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