inconsequently

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in·con·se·quent

(ĭn-kŏn′sĭ-kwənt)

adj.

1. Having no importance or significance.

2. Inconsistent or illogical: inconsequent reasoning.

3. Proceeding without a natural or logical sequence; haphazard: a speech full of inconsequent statements.

[Late Latin incōnsequēns, incōnsequent- : Latin in-, not; see in-¹ + Latin cōnsequēns, consequent; see consequent.]

in·con′se·quence n.

in·con′se·quent·ly adv.

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inconsequently - lacking consequence; "`You're so beautifully dressed,' she said and added quite inconsequentially, `Can you stay the night?'"

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My question had a sarcastic force that I had not fully intended, and it made her, after a moment, inconsequently break down.

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"Am I looking grave?" asked Sir Nathaniel inconsequently when he re- entered the room.

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"You should 'a' ben up at Riley's barn last night," Jim announced inconsequently. "A lot of the fellers put on the gloves.

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She chattered ceaselessly and inconsequently until they reached the Green Gables lane.

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But Anne waved the moral inconsequently aside and seized only on the delightful possibilities before it.

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"If I could find a thousand men as practical as you, Lady Brandon, I might accomplish the next great revolution before the end of this season." He looked at her for a moment curiously, as if trying to remember; and then added inconsequently: "How are your friends?

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His mind then began to wander about the house, and he wondered whether there were other rooms like the drawing-room, and he thought, inconsequently, how beautiful the bathroom must be, and how leisurely it was--the life of these well-kept people, who were, no doubt, still sitting in the same room, only they had changed their clothes, and little Mr.