inˈconsequently, adv.
[f. inconsequent + -ly2.]
In an inconsequent manner.
1. Without logical sequence; in the way of erroneous inference; inconclusively.
| 1626 Jackson Creed viii. xxvii. §6, I could not condemn Maldonat for speaking inconsequently either to the truth itself, or to the authority of the Romish Church, wherein he lived. 1681 Glanvill Sadducismus 113 How crazily and inconsequently they collect that the human Soul is nowhere. 1836 Sir W. Hamilton Discuss., Stud. Math. (1852) 286 It would argue a mind incorrigibly false, to reason inconsequently on principles so obtrusive. |
2. Without sequence or connexion of ideas or circumstances; not as a consequence of anything; irrelevantly.
| 1864 Linnet's Trial iv. iii. II. 248 ‘Are you not longing to see Kirkham again?’ asked Brandon rather inconsequently. 1881 H. James Portr. Lady xlii, And Edward Rosier looked all round, inconsequently, with his single glass. |