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consequently

UK/ˈkɒnsɪˌkwɛntli/US/ˈkɑnsɪˌkwɛntli/
adverbB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #8,361 of 15,258mostly written

Consequently means as a result of that. Consequently, the plan failed, and consequently we left.

It claims cause and not merely sequence, which is a stronger thing than it looks: consequently says the second thing happened because of the first. It is formal, and it belongs at the start of a sentence with a comma after it.

Definitions of consequently

  1. 1adverbconsequentlyAs a result of that.B2+

    “He missed the last bus and consequently had to walk home in the rain.”

consequently is a connective.

Where it comes from

Consequent plus -ly, from Latin consequi, to follow after — con plus sequi, to follow.

  1. Proto-Indo-European

    *sekʷ-

  2. Middle English

    consequentely

  3. English, today

    consequently

From Middle English consequentely, consequentliche, consequently; equivalent to consequent + -ly.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

consequently in the wild

  • The Gmelin database is less complete and less up-to-date than the handbook; the printed book is consequently kept available.

    Gmelin database

  • After Buzzmedia filed for bankruptcy, Tate reclaimed the site's domain and name and consequently shut the site down on April 1, 2016.

    AbsolutePunk

  • The existence of the Tuyuhun, and consequently their language, is first attested in the Book of Song, compiled around 488 AD.

    Tuyuhun language

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