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accordingly

Word definitions for accordingly in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Accordingly \Ac*cord"ing*ly\, adv. Agreeably; correspondingly; suitably; in a manner conformable. Behold, and so proceed accordingly. --Shak. In natural sequence; consequently; so. Syn: Consequently; therefore; wherefore; hence; so. Usage: Accordingly , ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-14c., "in agreement with," from according + -ly (2). From mid-15c. as "properly; adequately;" meaning "in agreement with logic or expectation" is recorded 1680s.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB act ▪ We humans all know we are going to die one day and we act accordingly . ▪ In regular high schools, they say, they are treated like nine-year-olds-and often act accordingly . ▪ Your horse can feel your mood and ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adv. (sentence connectors) because of the reason given; "consequently, he didn't do it"; "continued to have severe headaches and accordingly returned to the doctor" [syn: consequently ] in accordance with; "she acted accordingly"

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
adv. 1 (context manner English) agreeably; correspondingly; suitably; in a manner conformable. 2 (context conjunctive English) In natural sequence; consequently; so.

Usage examples of accordingly.

Accordingly he had, from time to time, accommodated him with small trifles, which barely served to support his existence, and even for these had taken notes of hand, that he might have a scourge over his head, in case he should prove insolent or refractory.

In a time like ours, when we are primarily concerned with the practical application of scientific discoveries, we are mostly accustomed to regard such flights of thought from a past age as nothing but the unessential accompaniment of youthful, immature science, and to smile at them accordingly as historical curiosities.

Accordingly, He experienced death by sharing in our human feeling, which of His own accord He had taken upon Himself, but He did not lose the power of His Nature, through which He gives life to all things.

He accordingly took possession of Comachio and some other places, pretending they were allodial estates belonging to the duke of Modena, and fiefs of the emperor, to which the holy see had no lawful claim.

Which it has accordingly done, Anarchism being one of the notable new creeds of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Accordingly he seized the pen with great confidence, and a whole magazine of antihysteric medicines were, in different forms, externally and internally applied.

Accordingly, Oliva, hearing the dogs bark, looked out, and, seeing Beausire returning with two strangers, did not come to meet him as usual.

Accordingly abandoning it as a route, I cautiously moved the bedstead against it to hamper any attack which might be made on it later from the next room.

Accordingly your path was here beguiled with the warbling of a thousand birds, the full-toned blackbird, the mellow thrush, and the pensive nightingale.

Accordingly, that every afternoon, Angela, accompanied by Pigott, started off for Rewtham House, where Lady Bellamy still lived, or rather existed.

Accordingly, Arnault and Torquil found themselves obliged to affect amusement at the ongoing byplay of sycophance and bluster between Robert de Sautre and Brian de Jay.

To the tent we went accordingly, to find a simple but bounteous feast prepared, of which we partook, helping each other to food, as is, or was, the custom with new-wedded folk.

Accordingly, two pots of seedling Phalaris and one pot of seedling Brassica were exposed for 8 h.

And accordingly the next morning, after a certain amount of Bromo and black coffee, I asked around the campus and found out that Greco had a place of his own not far from the campus.

A bill was accordingly brought in, importing, that interest after the rate of three per cent, should be allowed upon every debenture, for the bounty on the exportation of com, payable by the receiver-general or cashier of the customs, until the principal could be discharged out of such customs or duties as are appropriated for the payment of this bounty.