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GeezerVison is showing en.wiktionary.org — inconsequentially - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *n̥-
Latin in-bor.
Middle English in-
English in-
English consequential
English inconsequential
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English inconsequentially

    From inconsequential + -ly.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ɪnˌkɒnsɪˈkwɛnʃəli/
    • Audio:(file)

    Adverb

    inconsequentially (comparative more inconsequentially, superlative most inconsequentially)

    1. In an inconsequential manner.
      • 1928, W. Somerset Maugham, Ashenden, Vintage, published 2000, page v:
        Fact is a poor story-teller. It starts a story at haphazard, generally long before the beginning, rambles on inconsequentially and tails off, leaving loose ends hanging about, without a conclusion.
      • 2021 October 26, Helen Pidd, “‘Got to be accessible’: the Derbyshire MP set on holding surgeries”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 November 2021:
        He constantly (and inconsequentially) reports online abuse too, like the person who said he should be “put in a full nelson and thrown in a river” for his mythical sewage vote

    Antonyms

    • consequentially
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