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Definition of Inconsequentially
1. Adverb. Lacking consequence. "`You're so beautifully dressed,' she said and added quite inconsequentially, `Can you stay the night?'"
Definition of Inconsequentially
1. Adverb. The adverb form of inconsequential: to do something in a manner of little consequence. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inconsequentially
Literary usage of Inconsequentially
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words : Addressed to Those who Think by Charles Caleb Colton (1837)
"The Pagans (says Bayle), from the obscurity wherein they lived as to another
life, reasoned very inconsequentially on the reality of virtue. ..."
2. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1910)
"... few hours ago haunted her and mingled inconsequentially with happier ones of
his days of promise. Never had she failed in tenderness or gentleness with ..."
3. The Road by Jack London (1907)
"It was called a flag-station, and it .consisted of a shanty dumped inconsequentially
into the sand and sage-brush. A chill wind was blowing, ..."
4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"Like after-dinner chats in men's dubs, the book opens a little inconsequentially,
but after a while, the short pictures of Chinese life gather momentum and ..."
5. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1887)
"... blowing his nose inconsequentially, and muttering to himself. Could catch now
and then the phrase "anonymous tittle-tattle." УК THE "DIVISIÓN" BELL. ..."
6. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1833)
"... to consider as firm and unquestionable, and led them to argue, not
inconsequentially, from the success which had attended the political experiment, ..."
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