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Consequently vs Inconsequently - What's the difference?

consequently | inconsequently |

As adverbs the difference between consequently and inconsequently

is that consequently is (conjunctive) as a result or consequence of something while inconsequently is in an inconsequential way, or a way that suggests a lack of consequence.

consequently

English

Adverb

(-)
  • (conjunctive) As a result or consequence of something.
    • He didn't wake up early. Consequently , he was late to work.
  • * 1668 July 3, , “Thomas Rue contra'' Andrew Hou?toun” in ''The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 548:
    • He Su?pends on the?e Rea?ons, that Thomas Rue'' had granted a general Di?charge to ''Adam Mu?het'', who was his Conjunct, and ''correus debendi'', after the alleadged Service, which Di?charged ''Mu?het'', and con?equently ''Houstoun his Partner.
  • (sequence, obsolete) subsequently, following after in time or sequence.

    • Related terms

    * consequence * consequent * consequential * consequentiality * consequentially * consequentialness * consequentious * consequentness

    References

    * * English conjunctive adverbs English sequence adverbs

    inconsequently

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In an inconsequential way, or a way that suggests a lack of consequence
  • * {{quote-book, year=1907, author=William Hope Hodgson, title=The House on the Borderland, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=My thoughts turned, inconsequently , out of their channel of bitterness, to fresh, desperate questionings. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1912, author=Ada Leverson, title=Tenterhooks, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage='Have a burnt almond,' said Captain Willis inconsequently , as though it would help her to understand. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1921, author=Ethel M. Dell, title=The Obstacle Race, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Columbus smiled at the compliment and snapped inconsequently at a fly. " }}