Accordingly Meaning
/əˈkɔɹ.dɪŋ.li/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
advAgreeably; correspondingly; suitably
advIn natural sequence; consequently; so.
Sentence Examples
Watch your leader and act accordingly.
Accordingly I gave up my plans.
We have to discover his plans and act accordingly.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The weather forecast predicted rain, so we packed umbrellas ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The situation changed, and we had to adjust our plans ____.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English acordingli, equivalent to according + -ly.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"We may the number of ships behold, and so proceed accordingly."
— c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ix]:
"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."
— 1895, H. G. Wells, chapter X, in The Time Machine:
"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."
— 1987, Kerry Cue, Hang On To Your Horses Doovers, page 5:
"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."
— 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 200:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The weather forecast predicted rain, so we packed umbrellas ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The situation changed, and we had to adjust our plans ____.