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consistently, adv.|kənˈsɪstəntlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a consistent manner.
1. In accordance or consistency with; compatibly.
1708H. Dodwell Mortality Hum. Souls 100 This I..could [not] say, consistently to my own Principles. 1744Harris Three Treat. Wks. (1841) 82 The true idea of right conduct..is not merely to live consistently, but it is to live consistently with nature. 1802M. Edgeworth Moral T. (1816) I. xiii. 105 He could not, consistently with his principles, assist in evading the laws. 1884Gladstone in Standard 29 Feb. 2/7 Consistently with the aims we have in view.
2. With consistency; without incongruity.
1706Clarke Nat. & Rev. Relig. (R.), This can no way be defended consistently, but must of necessity recur to downright Atheism. 1713Berkeley Hylas & Phil. iii. Wks. I. 327 To act consistently, you must either admit Matter or reject Spirit. 1744[see 1]. 1870Howson Metaph. St. Paul ii. 79 The whole allegory is strictly and consistently allegorical.
3. Uniformly, with persistent uniformity.
1861Bright Sp. India 19 Mar., Why was it that the originals were so consistently withheld? |