inconsequentially

English

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/

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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