inconsequentially

/ɪnˌkɒnsɪˈkwɛnʃəli/

adverb

In an inconsequential manner.

Scrabble 31

Meanings

adverbinconsequentially (comparative more inconsequentially, superlative most inconsequentially)

comparative more inconsequentially · superlative most inconsequentially

  1. In an inconsequential manner.

    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

    2021 October 26, Helen Pidd, “‘Got to be accessible’: the Derbyshire MP set on holding surgeries”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 13 Nov 2021
    1 more example

    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.

    1928, W. Somerset Maugham, Ashenden, Vintage, published 2000, page v

Synonyms & antonyms

adverblacking consequence

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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APA

inconsequentially. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inconsequentially

MLA

“inconsequentially.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inconsequentially. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inconsequentially,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inconsequentially.

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