All 4 Uses of
consequence
in
Brave New World
- Two, four, eight, the buds in their turn budded; and having budded were dosed almost to death with alcohol; consequently burgeoned again and having budded–bud out of bud out of bud–were thereafter–further arrest being generally fatal–left to develop in peace.
p. 7..0 *consequently = resultantly (as a result)
- Referred to the embryo's troublesome tendency to anaemia, to the massive doses of hog's stomach extract and foetal foal's liver with which, in consequence, it had to be supplied.
p. 12..9consequence = result
- And you felt a strong emotion in consequence?
p. 45..7
- "This man," he pointed accusingly at Bernard, "this man who stands before you here, this Alpha-Plus to whom so much has been given, and from whom, in consequence, so much must be expected, this colleague of yours–or should I anticipate and say this ex-colleague?"
p. 149..2
Definition:
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(consequence as in: a direct consequence of) a result of something (often an undesired side effect)