Literary notes about accordingly (AI summary)
In literature, "accordingly" functions as a transitional adverb that signals a logical consequence or adjustment following preceding events or arguments. Authors employ it to smoothly connect causes with their effects, guiding the reader from one development to the next, as when a character’s actions are motivated by earlier circumstances [1][2]. It often appears at the beginning or within sentences to denote that what follows has been directly shaped by earlier information—whether it marks an inevitable turn in a narrative [3][4] or emphasizes a deliberate arrangement in the plot [5][6]. The utility of "accordingly" across diverse works underlines its role in clarifying the flow of ideas and maintaining narrative coherence.
- They have accordingly been much less favoured.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith - Accordingly he was all for prompt action.
— from The Best Short Stories of 1917, and the Yearbook of the American Short Story - Accordingly, in no better plight than this they passed the night.
— from Anabasis by Xenophon - Accordingly, after milking, behold Marilla and Anne walking down the lane, the former erect and triumphant, the latter drooping and dejected.
— from Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery - Accordingly, about the 1st of September, I started for Kansas, stopping a couple of weeks in St. Louis, and reached Leavenworth.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. Sherman - Accordingly “the little devil cut him up into small pieces, threw them into a cauldron and set them on to boil.
— from Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore
