accordingly

adv

Etymology: From Middle English acordingli, equivalent to according + -ly.

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.”

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.”