consistentlyadv.
/kənˈsɪstəntli/ In a consistent manner.
1. In accordance or consistency with; compatibly.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [adverb] > so as to agree with another thing
accordinglyc1449
according1480
consonant1483
agreeing1526
consonantly1532
agreeably1534
suitably1548
agreeable1549
correspondently?a1560
sortly1566
agreeingly to1612
consentaneously1660
consistently1708
consistent1732
correspondingly1835
1708 H. Dodwell Nat. Mortality Humane Souls 100 This I..could [not] say, consistently to my own Principles.
1744 J. Harris Three Treat. iii. ii. 203 The true Idea of right Conduct..is not, merely To live consistently, but 'tis To live consistently with Nature.
1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 129 He could not, consistently with his principles, assist in evading the laws.
1884 W. E. Gladstone in Standard 29 Feb. 2/7 Consistently with the aims we have in view.
2. With consistency; without incongruity.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [adverb]
conveniently1398
agreeably?c1400
answeringlyc1443
accordinglyc1449
cordantlyc1475
together1502
agreeingly1563
harmonically1604
uncrossly1615
sympathetically1621
coincidently1629
harmoniously1632
concordantly1646
congruously1656
concordiouslya1670
sympathically1684
consistently1706
compatibly1736
symphonically1854
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > restrained or moderate behaviour > [adverb] > in orderly or consistent manner
regularlyc1475
steadily1540
regular1704
consistently1706
1706 S. Clarke Disc. Nat. Relig. 20 This can no way be defended consistently, but must of necessity recur to downright Atheism.
1734 G. Berkeley Three Dialogues Hylas & Philonous (rev. ed.) iii, in Treat. Princ. Human Knowl. (new ed.) 295 To act consistently, you must either admit Matter or reject Spirit.
1744 [see sense 1]. 1870 J. S. Howson Metaphors St. Paul ii. 79 The whole allegory is strictly and consistently allegorical.
3. Uniformly, with persistent uniformity.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > uniformity > [adverb]
evenOE
evenlya1398
evenlya1400
mackly1440
steadily1540
suantly1547
agreeably1561
agreeingly1563
uniformally1574
uniformly1577
levelly1610
invariably1646
constantly1651
homogeneously1651
equally1690
equably1715
unvariedly1780
suant1787
unrelievedly1832
consistently1861
synchronously1862
1861 J. Bright in Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 162 74 Why was it that the originals were so consistently withheld?
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