According vs Accordingly - What's the difference?
according | accordingly |
Agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious.
(obsolete) Accordingly; correspondingly.
* 1604 , (William Shakespeare), Measure for Measure , V.i:
Consistently (as); in a corresponding manner (now generally expressing accordance with two or more alternatives).
* 1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.20:
In accordance, in a manner consistent (to) (something).
* 1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :
(manner) Agreeably; correspondingly; suitably; in a manner conformable.
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(conjunctive) In natural sequence; consequently; so.
As adverbs the difference between according and accordingly
is that according is accordingly; correspondingly while accordingly is agreeably; correspondingly; suitably; in a manner conformable.As a verb according
is present participle of lang=en.As an adjective according
is agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious.according
English
Verb
(head)- Mind and soul according well. -
Adjective
(en adjective)- This according voice of national wisdom.
Adverb
(en adverb)- That apprehends no further than this world, / And squarest thy life according .
- Ethical theories may be divided into two classes, according as they regard virtue as an end or a means.
- there was only a frightening silence, unenlivened even by the invidious enquiries of former years, which culminated, according to its stern nature, in a still more frightening old woman, a figure awaiting her on the very doorstep.