accordingly

Definition

Agreeably; correspondingly; suitably

Etymology

From Middle English acordingli, equivalent to according + -ly.

Example Sentences

• "He was absent when I called, and I accordingly left my card."
• "We may the number of ships behold, and so proceed accordingly."
• "Now, I still think that for this box of matches to have escaped the wear of time for immemorial years was a strange, and for me, a most fortunate thing. Yet oddly enough I found here a far more unlikely substance, and that was camphor. I found it in a sealed jar, that, by chance, I supposed had been really hermetically sealed. I fancied at first the stuff was paraffin wax, and smashed the jar accordingly. But the odor of camphor was unmistakable."