accordantlyadv.
/əˈkɔːdntli/, U.S. /əˈkɔrdn(t)li/ rare from the 15th to the end of the 18th cent.
1. Suitably, properly; harmoniously, agreeably; accordingly.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > dueness or propriety > [adverb]
rightlyeOE
arightc970
rightOE
properly?c1225
goodc1275
rightfully1340
truly1340
tallya1375
featlya1400
rekenlyc1400
communablya1425
fitc1440
accordantlyc1443
accordinglyc1443
justilyc1450
seemingly1483
fitlyc1550
conveniently1569
arightly1588
legitimately1593
fittinglya1643
legitimously1657
honest-like1807
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adverb]
wellOE
tidily1340
avenantlya1375
covenablyc1384
featlya1400
propera1400
queema1400
congruelyc1400
conably1411
cordingc1420
convenablyc1430
competentlyc1440
fitc1440
accordantlyc1443
accordinglyc1443
conveniently1447
at pointc1485
congruentlya1529
appliablyc1530
afferandly1536
suitingly1540
aptly1548
answerably1549
fitlyc1550
agreeingly1563
suitable1584
not unfitly1586
aptitudinallyc1600
handsome1600
sortfully1606
sortably1607
congruouslya1620
accommodately1623
adaptlya1648
inabusivelya1677
suitably1681
agreeably1753
appropriately1795
suitly1913
righteous1948
c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 406 (MED) Þat he myȝte haue made and doon..more accordauntly, more honestli, and more deuoutly.
c1450 ( J. Walton tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Linc. Cathedral 103) 123 (MED) Þinges..Continuelly a werre schulde þey make, That now accordantly beth sette in reste.
1548 in A. I. Cameron Sc. Corr. Mary of Lorraine (1927) 272 Gif him credence accordantlie.
1613 T. Adams White Deuil 58 If any be worthy to beare the Vsurer company, let it be the Rioter, though of contrary dispositions, yet in this iourney fitly and accordantly met.
1803 J. M. Good Mem. A. Geddes ix. 301 On this topic we proceeded smoothly and accordantly for some time.
1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust II. iii. 219 The echo of his orders then returns no more Accordantly to him in swiftly-finished acts.
1905 Eng. Illustr. Mag. July 371/2 Never had a couple, over the chasm of the grave, so accordantly mingled their tears before.
1971 M. H. Abrams Nat. Supernaturalism (1973) vii. iv. 408 Accordantly, he bids ‘farewell to the Warrior's schemes’.
1999 Tampa Bay (Florida) Mag. Nov. 138/3 Diabetics use these readings to determine if their blood sugar levels are within the prescribed guidelines and adjust their dosage of insulin or medications accordantly.
2. According to; in accordance with. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > conformity to or with a pattern, etc. > [adverb] > conformably or accordingly
thereafterc1175
likec1425
likec1425
accordantlyc1443
thereby1512
pursuantly1530
agreeable1549
pursuant1659
accordingly1688
whereby1918
c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 148 (MED) Dampned men schulen be punyschid worþili, riȝtfully, treuly and accordauntly to resoun.
c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 55 (MED) Are þei not, a cordantly to þe wordis of þe prophets, werr and abhominabler þan carnal sodomits?
1782 J. Douglas Travelling Anecd. I. 193 I was waiting for his reply, which, I was in hopes, would have echoed accordantly to the pleasing veneration which I entertained for this artist's memory.
1858 H. Bushnell Nature & Supernatural xii. 394 Accordantly also with such a conception of God,..the divine unity is reproduced as trinity.
1899 A. Besant Anc. Wisdom ii. 80 Something akin to themselves, something that can answer accordantly to their vibrations.
1912 Living Age 30 Mar. 793/1 Her feet and gesticulative hands kept perfect agreement and her eyes glanced or gleamed or languished accordantly with the story of the dance.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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