consequently

English

WOTD – 21 October 2007

consequently (not comparable)

(conjunctive) As a result or consequence of something.
He didn't wake up early. Consequently, he was late to work.
- 1668 July 3, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Houſtoun” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 548:
  He Suſpends on theſe Reaſons, that Thomas Rue had granted a general Diſcharge to Adam Muſhet, who was his Conjunct, and correus debendi, after the alleadged Service, which Diſcharged Muſhet, and conſequently Houstoun his Partner.
(sequence, obsolete) subsequently, following after in time or sequence.

as a result or consequence

Bulgarian: следователно (bg) (sledovatelno)
Catalan: conseqüentment (ca)
Czech: následně (cs), potažmo (cs)
Dutch: bijgevolg (nl)
Esperanto: sekve
Finnish: siitä johtuen, sen takia, sen seurauksena, niinpä (fi), näin ollen, siksi (fi), täten (fi)
French: par conséquent (fr)
Greek: συνεπώς (el) (synepós), επομένως (el) (epoménos)
Italian: di conseguenza
Maori: nā konei, nō konei

Norwegian:
Bokmål: følgelig
Polish: konsekwentnie (pl)
Portuguese: consequentemente (pt), por conseguinte (pt)
Russian: сле́довательно (ru) (slédovatelʹno), поэ́тому (ru) (poétomu), в результа́те (ru) (v rezulʹtáte), всле́дствие (ru) (vslédstvije)
Spanish: consecuentemente
Turkish: dolayısıyla (tr)
West Frisian: fangefolgen

subsequently — see subsequently

consequently in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
consequently in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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