accordingly

English

Etymology

according +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

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

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Adverb

accordingly (comparative more accordingly, superlative most accordingly)

1. (manner) Agreeably; correspondingly; suitably
   • (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

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

in natural sequence; consequently; so

• Bulgarian: следователно (bg) (sledovatelno)
• Danish: ergo, derfor (da), altså, følgelig
• Esperanto: sekve, laŭ tio sekvas
• Finnish: niinpä (fi), siispä
• German: logischerweise (de)
• Greek: επομένως (el) (epoménos)
• Interlingue: ,
• Maori: nā konei, nō konei
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: følgelig

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• Persian: طبیعتاّ (tabiatan)
• Polish: więc (pl), zatem (pl)
• Portuguese: consequentemente (pt)
• Romanian: în conformitate, ca atare
• Russian: сле́довательно (ru) (slédovatelʹno)
• Spanish: por consiguiente (es), consecuentemente
• Swedish: därför (sv), alltså (sv), ^{(please verify)} följligen, följaktligen (sv), på grund af detta, på denna grund

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Translations to be checked

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

Further reading

• “accordingly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “accordingly”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “accordingly”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.