CONSEQUENTIALLY

consequentially

(adverb) having consequence

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

consequentially (comparative more consequentially, superlative most consequentially)

In a consequential manner; with consequence or significance.

Antonyms

• inconsequentially

Source: Wiktionary


Con`se*quen"tial*ly, adv.

1. With just deduction of consequence; with right connection of ideas; logically. The faculty of writing consequentially. Addison.

2. By remote consequence; not immediately; eventually; as, to do a thing consequentially. South.

3. In a regular series; in the order of cause and effect; with logical concatenation; consecutively; continuously.

4. With assumed importance; pompously.

CONSEQUENTIAL

Con`se*quen"tial, a.

1. Following as a consequence, result, or logical inference; consequenment. All that is revealed in Scripture has a consequential necessity of being believed . . . because it is of divine authority. Locke. These kind of arguments . . . are highly consequential and concludent to my purpose. Sir M. Hale.

2. Assuming or exhibiting an air of consequence; pretending to importance; pompous; self-important; as, a consequential man. See Consequence, n., 4. His stately and consequential pace. Sir W. Scott. Consequential damage (Law) (a) Damage so remote as not to be actionable (b) Damage which although remote is actionable. (c) Actionable damage, but not following as an immediate result of an act.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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COVERT

(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”


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