consequently, adv.
(ˈkɒnsɪkwəntlɪ)
[f. consequent a. + -ly2.]
† 1. In following time or order; consecutively, subsequently. Obs.
| 1475 Caxton Jason 51 Whan he hadde made his orisons by grete deuocion, and consequently his demande. 1513 Bradshaw St. Werburge i. 1508 The quene hym folowed as is the custome, Werburge succeded them consequently. 1596 Lodge Marg. Amer. 114 This other..he wrote, which for that cause I place here consequentlie. 1602 W. Fulbecke 1st Pt. Parall. 84 Wee will..now pass to the title consequently ensuing. 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. 22 Consequentlie it followes, to treate of the question of the estate of men. |
† b. In sequence; on in succession. Obs.
| 1558 Warde tr. Alexis' Secr. i. vi. (1580) 114 b, Vpon this salte you shall laie likewise a ranke of the saied peeces of siluer, and then an other of salte, and an other of siluer, and so consequentely as long as your siluer lasteth. Ibid. 103 a. 1591 F. Sparry tr. Cattan's Geomancie 190 Giue one to the first, one to the second, one to the third, and so consequently vnto all the others. |
2. As a consequence or result; by way of consequence; in consequence of something previous; often a quasi-conj., like therefore, accordingly.
| [1483 Act 1 Rich. III, c. 8 Pream., Whereupon..of werry likelyhode consequently shall ensue the Destruction of Drapery of all this your seid Realm.] a 1533 Frith Disput. Purgatory (1829) 130 Then must it needs follow that he hath power to do against his truth, and, consequently, he hath power to be false. 1660 Jer. Taylor Duct. Dubit. i. i. Rule ii. §2 Whatsoever comes into their conscience primarily or consequently. 1664 Evelyn Kal. Hort. (1729) 206 The Moisture ascending, will be suck'd through the very Bark, and consequently nourish..the Tree. 1712 Steele Spect. No. 443 ¶5 Fortunatus is stocked with Ignorance, and consequently with Self-Opinion. 1880 Geikie Phys. Geog. iv. 301 Most substances suffer contraction from cold, and consequently increase in density. |
† 3. With proper sequence or connexion (of thought, reasoning, etc.); consistently. Obs.
| 1538 Starkey England i. i. 16 Ther [is] a certayn vertue and honesty consequently annexyd to the same law. 1642 Jer. Taylor Episc. (1647) 203 This makes him speak conformably to his first assertions, and consequently to his arguments. 1798 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. XXV. 161 He is one of those who reason, as the French say, consequently from assumed and unproved principles. |