CONSEQUENTLY

consequently, accordingly

(adverb) (sentence connectors) because of the reason given; “consequently, he didn’t do it”; “continued to have severe headaches and accordingly returned to the doctor”

consequently, therefore

(adverb) as a consequence; “he had good reason to be grateful for the opportunities which they had made available to him and which consequently led to the good position he now held”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adverb

consequently (not comparable)

(conjunctive) As a result or consequence of something.

(sequence, obsolete) subsequently, following after in time or sequence.

Source: Wiktionary

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Con"se*quent*ly, adv.

Definition: By consequence; by natural or logical sequence or connection.

Syn.

– See Accordingly.

CONSEQUENT

Con"se*quent, a. Etym: [L. consequens, -entis, p. pr. of consequi to follow; con- + sequi to follow: cf. F. conséquent. See Second, and cf. Consecution.]

1. Following as a result, inference, or natural effect. The right was consequent to, and built on, an act perfectly personal. Locke.

2. (Logic)

Definition: Following by necessary inference or rational deduction; as, a proposition consequent to other propositions. Consequent points, Consequent poles (Magnetism), a number of poles distributed under certain conditions, along the axis of a magnetized steel bar, which regularly has but the two poles at the extremities.

Con"se*quent, n.

1. That which follows, or results from, a cause; a result or natural effect. They were ill-governed, which is always a consequent of ill payment. Sir J. Davies.

2. (Logic)

Definition: That which follows from propositions by rational deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or argumentation; a conclusion, or inference.

3. (Math.)

Definition: The second term of a ratio, as the term b in the ratio a:b, the first a, being the antecedent.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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