accordingly

adverb

1. 1

   Agreeably; correspondingly; suitably.

   He was absent when I called, and I accordingly left my card.

   We may the number of ships behold, and so proceed accordingly.

   From the Marvel Mixmaster to the Miracle Microwave, every time a new-fangled gadget has lobbed into the Aussie kitchen, Aussie mums have changed their cooking styles accordingly.

2. 2

   In natural sequence; consequently; so.

   Our preparations were all finished. Accordingly, we set sail.

   Accordingly a young chap wearing his hat over the left eyebrow, some clerk I suppose, - there must have been clerks in the business, though the house was as still as a house in a city of the dead, - came from somewhere up-stairs, and led me forth.

Forms

comparative

more accordingly

superlative

most accordingly