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UK
/kˈɒnsɪkwəntli/
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[ US /ˈkɑnsəˌkwɛntɫi, ˈkɑnsəkwəntɫi/ ]
[ US /ˈkɑnsəˌkwɛntɫi, ˈkɑnsəkwəntɫi/ ]
ADVERB
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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 -
(sentence connectors) because of the reason given
continued to have severe headaches and accordingly returned to the doctor
consequently, he didn't do it
How To Use consequently In A Sentence
- My poor Lirriper was a handsome figure of a man, with a beaming eye and a voice as mellow as a musical instrument made of honey and steel, but he had ever been a free liver being in the commercial travelling line and travelling what he called a limekiln road — “a dry road, Emma my dear,” my poor Lirriper says to me, “where I have to lay the dust with one drink or another all day long and half the night, and it wears me Emma” — and this led to his running through a good deal and might have run through the turnpike too when that dreadful horse that never would stand still for a single instant set off, but for its being night and the gate shut and consequently took his wheel, my poor Lirriper and the gig smashed to atoms and never spoke afterwards. Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings
- Consequently it puts a great deal of onus to get points at home. The Sun
- Consequently many penalties are cleared just before the finish. Times, Sunday Times
- I was telling him about last night and he described me as sounding languid and louche, and consequently correctly guessed that I was still in bed.
- Consequently, we lag all the other industrialized countries in buildout investment, even France!! — Comcast Appeals F.C.C. Sanction - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
- Consequently, Muir believes, biotech fish could quickly decimate a fish population by their increased ability to produce damaged young.
- Consequently, the young pig must be provided a large amount of energy from fat or carbohydrate in the colostrum in order to survive.
- Consequently, the practical politicians and their realistic programs can create nothing but a disaster.
- Consequently a number of Navajo Indians were drafted into the US army as radiomen, and would have soldiers assigned to them to protect them and prevent them falling into enemy hands.
- Consequently, they had to drop concrete piles 8 metres into the soil to provide a foundation.