All 27 Uses of
accord
in
Jude the Obscure
- It was accordingly left in the school till the evening, when more hands would be available for removing it; and the schoolmaster gave a final glance round.†
Part 1 (definition 1)
- Jude had one day seen him selling a pot of coloured lard to an old woman as a certain cure for a bad leg, the woman arranging to pay a guinea, in instalments of a shilling a fortnight, for the precious salve, which, according to the physician, could only be obtained from a particular animal which grazed on Mount Sinai, and was to be captured only at great risk to life and limb.†
Part 1 (definition 1)
- He stood accordingly, placing himself in the direct line of her gaze.†
Part 1 (definition 1)
- She found it in my room, and though it was my property she threw it on the floor and stamped on it, because it was not according to her taste, and ground the arms and the head of one of the figures all to bits with her heel—a horrid thing!†
Part 2 (definition 1)
- The next week accordingly he sought it.†
Part 2 (definition 1)
- During the next week or two he accordingly placed himself in such positions about the city as would afford him glimpses of several of the most distinguished among the provosts, wardens, and other heads of houses; and from those he ultimately selected five whose physiognomies seemed to say to him that they were appreciative and far-seeing men.†
Part 2 (definition 1)
- There were present, too, some clerks, and a gown— and surplice-maker's assistant; two ladies who sported moral characters of various depths of shade, according to their company, nicknamed "Bower o' Bliss" and "Freckles"; some horsey men "in the know" of betting circles; a travelling actor from the theatre, and two devil-may-care young men who proved to be gownless undergraduates; they had slipped in by stealth to meet a man about bull-pups, and stayed to drink and smoke short pipes…†
Part 2 (definition 1)
- I always saw there was more to be learnt outside a book than in; and I took my steps accordingly, or I shouldn't have been the man I am."†
Part 2 (definition 1)
- Her hair, which formerly she had worn according to the custom of the day was now twisted up tightly, and she had altogether the air of a woman clipped and pruned by severe discipline, an under-brightness shining through from the depths which that discipline had not yet been able to reach.†
Part 3 (definition 1)
- When, accordingly, Sue came into the dormitory to hastily tidy herself, looking flushed and tired, she went to her cubicle in silence, none of them coming out to greet her or to make inquiry.†
Part 3 (definition 1)
- "Very well—I'll do just as you bid me, and I won't vex you, Jude," she replied, in the tone of a child who was going to be good for ever after, turning her back upon him accordingly.†
Part 3 (definition 1)
- According to the ceremony as there printed, my bridegroom chooses me of his own will and pleasure; but I don't choose him.†
Part 3 (definition 1)
- Jude inwardly deplored what he thought to be unnecessary frankness; but she had gone too far not to explain all, which she accordingly did, telling him how they had marched up to the altar.†
Part 3 (definition 1)
- Next morning, according, he went on to Christminster, intending to return to Alfredston soon enough to keep the suggested appointment with Sue.†
Part 3 (definition 1)
- Jude accordingly rang the bell, and was admitted.†
Part 3 (definition 1)
- He knew he should go to see her again, according to her invitation.†
Part 4 (definition 1)
- Yet with a wife living away from him with another husband, and himself in love erratically, the loved one's revolt against her state being possibly on his account, he had sunk to be barely respectable according to regulation views.†
Part 4 (definition 1)
- Domestic laws should be made according to temperaments, which should be classified.†
Part 4 (definition 1)
- "According to the rule of women's whims I suppose I ought to suddenly love him, because he has let me go so generously and unexpectedly," she answered smiling.†
Part 4 (definition 1)
- she left you of her own accord
Part 4 (definition 2) *own accord = own mind (voluntarily without anyone asking or making her)
- He accordingly went into his bedroom and lifted the sash.†
Part 5 (definition 1)
- She halted on the turn of her toe till Arabella cried from the bed, "Come in and shut the door," which Sue accordingly did.†
Part 5 (definition 1)
- They accord very much with my own.†
Part 5 (definition 1)
- "She has taken to chapel-going," Sue added; "and talks accordingly."†
Part 5 (definition 1)
- …no great reason to be ashamed of; and in a little while was stimulated to say in a loud voice to the listening throng generally: "It is a difficult question, my friends, for any young man—that question I had to grapple with, and which thousands are weighing at the present moment in these uprising times—whether to follow uncritically the track he finds himself in, without considering his aptness for it, or to consider what his aptness or bent may be, and re-shape his course accordingly.†
Part 6 (definition 1)
- limited her stay to a number of minutes that should accord with the highest respectability.
Part 6 (definition 1) *accord = be in keeping with
- He accordingly addressed a carefully considered epistle to Sue, and, knowing her emotional temperament, threw a Rhadamanthine strictness into the lines here and there, carefully hiding his heterodox feelings, not to frighten her.†
Part 6 (definition 1)
Definitions:
-
(1) (accord as in: according to, or in accord with) in keeping with; or in agreement/harmony/unity withThis meaning of accord is often seen in the form according to or accordingly where it can take on more specific meanings. For example:
- "According to Kim, ..." -- as stated by
- "To each according to her ability." -- based upon
- "Points are scored according to how well they perform." -- depending upon
- "The dose is calculated according to body weight." -- in proportion to
- "We got a flat tire. Accordingly, I pulled to the side of the road." -- because of what was just said; or as a result
-
(2) (accord as in: done of her own accord) mindeditor's notes: This sense of accord is typically seen in the form own accord or one accord.