Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
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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